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    Joseph William Drexel (January 24, 1833 – March 25, 1888) was a banker, philanthropist, and book collector. Drexel was the son of Francis Martin Drexel...
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    brother of Francis Anthony Drexel, and Joseph William Drexel. He was the uncle of Saint Katharine Drexel. Anthony Joseph Drexel was raised a Roman Catholic...
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    Martin Drexel (April 7, 1792 – June 5, 1863) was an American banker and artist. He was the father of Anthony Joseph Drexel, the founder of Drexel University...
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    Manhattan socialite. Drexel was born on April 22, 1868, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Lucy Wharton and Joseph William Drexel. Her paternal grandfather...
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    Drexel and Catherine (née Hookey) Drexel (1795–1870). Among his siblings were two younger brothers, Anthony Joseph Drexel and Joseph William Drexel....
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  • Drexel may refer to: Drexel (name) Drexel, Missouri Drexel, North Carolina Drexel, Ohio Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania Disappearance of Brittanee Drexel Drexel...
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    40°42′19″N 74°00′43″W / 40.70536°N 74.01198°W / 40.70536; -74.01198 Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. was an American multinational investment bank that was...
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    Joseph Drexel Jr. (September 9, 1864 – December 14, 1934) was an American banker and philanthropist who was a close friend of King Edward VII. Drexel...
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  • professor John Drexel, American poet, critic, and editor John Armstrong Drexel (1891–1958), American aviation pioneer Joseph William Drexel (1833–1888),...
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    Anthony Joseph Drexel III (October 19, 1887 – February 23, 1946) was an American banker and aviator. He was the eldest son of Margarita "Rita" Armstrong...
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    "Bessie" Wharton Drexel Dahlgren. the widow of John Vinton Dahlgren and daughter of the late Philadelphia banker Joseph William Drexel, by Edith Gould...
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    National Park Service in 2021. The cottage was originally owned by Joseph William Drexel, a New York banker and friend of Grant, and Grant would spend the...
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    married her husband's elder cousin, Elizabeth Wharton Drexel, the daughter of Joseph William Drexel, and widow of both John Vinton Dahlgren and New York...
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  • Mae E. Drexel, Sarah Rozet "Sallie" Drexel (the wife of Alexander Van Rensselaer), Anthony Joseph Drexel Jr., and George William Childs Drexel. In 1871...
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    Anthony Joseph Drexel Jr. (1864–1934) and Margarita Armstrong (1867-1948). His elder brother was banker, and aviator, Anthony Joseph Drexel III, and...
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    Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (December 17, 1897 – November 13, 1961) was an American diplomat who served as ambassador to several countries between...
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    in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA, controlled by the financier Joseph William Drexel. The railroad ran for approximately 12 miles (19 km) through the...
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    Shearson in 1913. Lucy Wharton Drexel Dahlgren, the daughter of financier Joseph William Drexel and his wife Lucy Wharton Drexel, had inherited $22 million...
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  • Congressman (13th Class) Rel Dowdell – filmmaker (248th Class) Joseph William Drexel – banker, philanthropist (13th Class) Thomas Eakins – painter (38th...
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    Drexel University is a private university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The 16th largest private university in the nation, Drexel...
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    Anthony Joseph Drexel (1826–1893), founder of Drexel University Joseph William Drexel (1833–1888), banker, trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and...
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    After her death Lord Decies married Elizabeth Wharton Drexel, the daughter of Joseph William Drexel, on May 25, 1936. He died on 31 January 1944 at age...
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  • was sold in auction to book collector Joseph William Drexel and is now in the Drexel Collection (call number Drexel 5120) in the New York Public Library...
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  • (1867-1943), Elizabeth (1868-1944), and Josephine Drexel (1878-1966) (daughters of Joseph William Drexel) Kneeland, California – John A. and Tom Kneeland...
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    Saratoga, Mount McGregor and Lake George Railroad, owned by Joseph William Drexel. Drexel constructed a narrow-gauge railroad from Saratoga Springs and...
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    the Public Ledger newspaper in Philadelphia with financier Anthony Joseph Drexel. Childs was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 12, 1829, the illegitimate...
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    III (1851–1933), married Emilie Taylor Drexel (1851–1883) daughter of Anthony Joseph Drexel Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Sr. (1874–1948), subject of novel...
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  • is also named for Joseph P. Ripley. In 1965, the firm merged with the fellow "white shoe firm" Drexel and Company, creating Drexel Harriman Ripley. In...
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    library of banker Joseph William Drexel. Upon his death in 1888, his valuable library of 5,542 volumes and 766 pamphlets, known as the Drexel Collection, became...
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    The Drexel Dragons are the athletic teams of Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school's athletic program includes eighteen NCAA Division...
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