Joseph William Drexel
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Joseph William Drexel was a banker, philanthropist, and book collector.
1889 bust of Drexel by John Quincy Adams Ward at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Anthony Joseph Drexel
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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.
Drexel's statue at Drexel University in Philadelphia
Historical marker commemorating Drexel in Old City, Philadelphia.