Anthony Joseph Drexel

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Anthony Joseph Drexel
Anthony Joseph Drexel, Jr. (1865-1934) and Margarita Armstrong
Statue of Anthony Joseph Drexel at Drexel University .

Anthony Joseph Drexel (born September 13, 1826 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , died June 30, 1893 in Karlsbad , Bohemia ) was an American banker and philanthropist who had a significant influence on the emergence and development of modern banking and investment strategies.

Life

Anthony Joseph Drexel was the son of Franz Martin Drexel (1792–1863) and Catherine Hookey (1795–1870). He had five siblings:

  • Mary Johanna (1822–1873),
  • Francis Anthony (June 20, 1824– February 15, 1885, father of St. Katharine Maria Drexel ),
  • Joseph William (January 24, 1833–1888), representative of his father's company in Germany , since 1867 partner in the banking house D., Harjes & Company in Paris, co-founder of Garfield National Bank and director of ten other US American banks, President of the Philharmonic Society in New York and Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art .
  • Heloise (1837–1895),
  • Caroline "Carrie" (1838-1911),

He had a strict upbringing and started working in his father's bank at the age of 13. In 1847 he became a partner. In 1867 he founded a bank in Paris , Drexel, Harjes & Co., together with John H. Harjes and Eugene Winthrop. Drexel was also instrumental in founding Drexel, Morgan & Co (later JPMorgan Chase ) in New York in 1871. Drexel founded Drexel University in 1891 . He was also the first president of the Fairmount Park Art Association (now the Association for Public Art ). In 1892 he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society .

He died of a heart attack in Carlsbad at the age of 66 and was buried in The Woodlands Cemetery , Philadelphia.

family

Drexel was married to Ellen B. Rozet (1832-1891) and the marriage had nine children: Emily (1850-1883), Frances Katherine (1852-1892), Marie (1854-1855), Mae E. (1857-1886) , Sarah Sallie (1860–1929), Francis Anthony II (1861–1869), John (1863–1935), Anthony Joseph Jr. (1865–1934), George William (1868–1944).

See also

literature

  • Michel Benisovich: Franz Martin Drexel from Dornbirn. Bregenz 1965, year book / Vorarlberger Landesmuseumsverein, Freunde der Landeskunde, 1964/65, ISSN  1011-8748 , pp. 45–66.
  • Hubert Lenz, Lydia Moser: Saint Katharine Drexel. Nenzing 2007.
  • Elsa Loacker-Jones: Franz Martin Drexel's America Years. Bregenz 1969, yearbook / Vorarlberger Landesmuseumsverein, Freunde der Landeskunde, 1968/69, ISSN  1011-8748 , pp. 66–83.
  • Constantine Papadakis: Drexel University, a University with a Difference: The Unique Vision of Anthony J. Drexel. Newcomen Society of the United States, New York 2001.
  • Dan Rottenberg: The man who made Wall Street: Anthony J. Drexel and the rise of modern finance. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 2001, ISBN 0-8122-3626-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See: Dan Rottenberg: Theœman who made Wall Street: Anthony J. Drexel and the rise of modern finance. 2001.
  2. ^ Edward D. McDonald, Edward M. Hinton: Drexel Institute of Technology 1891-1941. Haddon Craftsmen, 1942, ISBN 1-4067-6374-8 , p. 4 f.
  3. ↑ See: Theo B. Weiss: Fairmount: Philadelphia Park. The Art Alliance Press, Philadelphia 1975, ISBN 0-87982-015-2 , p. 94.
  4. ↑ Member History: Anthony J. Drexel. American Philosophical Society, accessed July 22, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Drexel, Anthony Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American banker and philanthropist
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1893
Place of death Carlsbad , Bohemia