page_title: Anthony Joseph Drexel
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Anthony Joseph Drexel / Early life
caption_attribution_description: en:Anthony Joseph Drexel I founder of en:Drexel University.
context_page_description: 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 in New York in 1871 with J. P. Morgan as his junior partner. He also founded Drexel University in 1891. He was also the first president of the Fairmount Park Art Association, the nation's first private organization dedicated to integrating public art and urban planning.
context_section_description: Drexel was born in 1826 in Philadelphia to Francis Martin Drexel (1792–1863) and Catherine Hookey (1795–1870). He was the brother of Francis Anthony Drexel, and Joseph William Drexel. He was the uncle of Saint Katharine Drexel.
caption: Anthony J. Drexel's statue at Drexel University
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