IFRAME: http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bartlebylibrary&o=1&p=40&l=ur1&category=holiday&banner=0K3GRKHPCV6NR4MMCMG2&f=ifr Click to learn more... [USEMAP:top_nav.gif] [great_books.gif] [Columbia Encyclopedia.....] _________________ [go.gif]-Submit [horiz_bar602.gif] [USEMAP:bar_z.gif] [USEMAP:bar_r.gif] [horiz_bar602.gif] Reference > Columbia Encyclopedia [lt.gif] PREVIOUS NEXT [gt.gif] [horiz_bar602.gif] CONTENTS · INDEX · GUIDE · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05. Drexel, Anthony Joseph (dr [ebreve.gif] k´s [schwa.gif] l) (KEY) , 1826-93, American banker and philanthropist, b. Philadelphia. He entered (1838) at an early age the well-known banking firm of Drexel and Company, founded by his father, Francis Martin Drexel, an Austrian immigrant. Anthony became a partner, and later under his dominant leadership the firm expanded extensively. Drexel Institute (now Drexel Univ.), opened in 1892, was the most important of his many philanthropies. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2001-05 Columbia University Press. CONTENTS · INDEX · GUIDE · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD [lt.gif] PREVIOUS NEXT [gt.gif] Google ____________________ Search Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore. Welcome · Press · Advertising · Linking · Terms of Use · © 2005 Bartleby.com IFRAME: http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bartlebylibrary&o=1&p=40&l=ur1&category=holiday&banner=0K3GRKHPCV6NR4MMCMG2&f=ifr Click to learn more...