Anthony Joseph Drexel

Sarah Rozet Drexel Fell Van Rensselaer

  • American

American financier, business partner of J P Morgan and founder of Drexel University. - AsNotedIn

Notable Position Organization From To
Owner Philadelphia Public Ledger
Chief Executive Drexel and Company 1847
Founder Drexel, Morgan and Co 1871 1893
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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1850/00/00 Anthony Drexel creates the world's first transatlantic banking network Work Old Drexel Building Philadelphia, PA
1864/00/00 George Childs and Anthony Drexel buy the Public Ledger from William M Swain Buyers
1870/00/00 Anthony Drexel, his wife Ellen B Rozet, and their children are members of the Church of the Savior. Anthony Drexel Sr will serve as a vestryman and as a warden. Faith Protestant Episcopal Church of the Saviour Philadelphia, PA
1870/00/00 After the Civil War, Anthony and Ellen Drexel build an ornate, 45-room Italianate mansion (lost) on land between by 38th Street, 39th Street, Walnut Street and Locust Street. Home Drexel Colony Historic District Philadelphia, PA
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