Drexel
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- Anthony Joseph Drexel IAnthony Joseph Drexel IAnthony Joseph Drexel was an American financier, banker, partner of J.P. Morgan and founder of Drexel University.-Birth:...
, a Philadelphia banker, founder of Drexel University - John Armstrong DrexelJohn Armstrong DrexelJohn Armstrong Drexel was an American aviation pioneer. With William McArtle, he founded the New Forest Flying School at East Boldre, the second school for pilots in Great Britain and the fifth in the world. On August 12, 1910, he set the world altitude record of 6,750 feet in a Blériot monoplane...
, aviation pioneer - Elizabeth Wharton DrexelElizabeth Wharton DrexelElizabeth Wharton Drexel was an American author and Manhattan socialite.- Birth :She was the daughter of Lucy Wharton and Joseph William Drexel...
, socialite and author - Francis Anthony DrexelFrancis Anthony DrexelFrancis Anthony Drexel was a Philadelphia banker.-Biography:He was born on June 20, 1824 to Francis Martin Drexel. He had two brothers, Anthony Joseph Drexel and Joseph William Drexel.He married Hannah J...
, a Philadelphia banker - Francis Martin DrexelFrancis Martin DrexelFrancis Martin Drexel was a Philadelphia banker and artist. He was the father of Anthony Joseph Drexel, the founder of Drexel University and the grandfather of Saint Katherine Drexel....
, a Philadelphia banker - Jeremias DrexelJeremias DrexelJeremias Drexel S.J. was a Jesuit writer of devotional literature and a professor of the humanities and rhetoric...
, a 17th century German Jesuit and professor - Joseph William DrexelJoseph William DrexelJoseph William Drexel was a banker, philanthropist, and partner of Baring Brothers in London and Rothschild et fils in Paris.-Biography:...
, banker and philanthropist - Katharine DrexelKatharine DrexelSaint Katharine Drexel, S.B.S., was an American Religious Sister, heiress, philanthropist and educator, later canonized as a Roman Catholic saint.-Life and religious work:...
, a Catholic Saint - Ruth DrexelRuth DrexelRuth Drexel was a German actress, director, and theatre director/manager. Her best-known role was as "Resi Berghammer" in the German television series,...
, a German actress and theatre director