Anthony Joseph Drexel Jr.
Anthony Joseph Drexel Jr. was an American banker and philanthropist who was a close friend of King Edward VII.
Anthony Joseph Drexel Jr.
Photograph of Drexel's wife, Rita Armstrong Drexel, by Lallie Charles
Anthony Joseph Drexel Sr. was an American banker who played a major role in the rise of modern global finance after the American Civil War. As the dominant partner of Drexel & Co. of Philadelphia, he founded Drexel, Morgan & Co, which later became J.P. Morgan & Co., in New York City in 1871 with J. P. Morgan as his junior partner. He also founded Drexel University in Philadelphia in 1891.
Anthony Joseph Drexel
Drexel's statue at Drexel University in Philadelphia
Historical marker commemorating Drexel in Old City, Philadelphia.