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Drexel (name)
Drexel is a surname and occasional given name. Notable people named Drexel include: * Anthony Drexel Duke, philanthropist, author, and founder of Boys & Girls Harbor * Anthony Joseph Drexel (1826–1893), American banker, founder of Drexel, Morgan & Co. * Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr. (1874–1948), American soldier, amateur boxer and writer * Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (1897–1961), American diplomat and soldier * Brittanee Drexel (born 1991), American high school student who disappeared in 2009 * Constance Drexel (1894–1956), a naturalized American journalist, and Nazi broadcaster * Drexel Gomez (born 1937), Bahamian Anglican bishop * Elizabeth Wharton Drexel (1868–1944), American writer and socialite * Francis Anthony Drexel (1824–1885), American banker * Francis Martin Drexel (1792–1863), Austrian-American painter and banker, founder of Drexel & Co. * Hans Drexel (1919–1962), German World War 2 soldier * Íngrid Drexel (born 1993), Mexican road bicycle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Drexel Duke
Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the ''Antonia (gens), Antonii'', a ''gens'' (Roman naming conventions, Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles. Anthony is an English language, English name that is in use in many countries. It has been among the top 100 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 100 male baby names between 1998 and 2018 in many countries including Canada, Australia, England, Ireland and Scotland. Equivalents include ''Antonio'' in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Maltese; ''Αντώνιος'' in Greek; ''António'' or ''Antônio'' in Portuguese; ''Antoni'' in Catalan, Polish, and Slovene; ''Anton (given name), Anton'' in Dutch, Galician, German, Icelandic, Romanian, Russian, and Scandinavian languages; ''Antoine'' in French; ''Antal (given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drexel & Co
Drexel may refer to: People * Drexel (name) Places * Drexel, Missouri * Drexel, North Carolina * Drexel, Ohio * Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania Other uses * Disappearance of Brittanee Drexel * Drexel Heritage, a furniture manufacturer * Drexel University * Drexel Burnham Lambert, a now defunct investment bank * Drexel Dragons, the athletic program of Drexel University * The Drexel Collection of books about music and musical scores donated by Joseph William Drexel to The New York Public Library in 1888 ** Drexel 4041, a 17th-century British music manuscript commonplace book ** Drexel 4257 Drexel 4257, also known by an inscription on its first page, " John Gamble, his booke, amen 1659" is a music manuscript commonplace book. It is the largest collection of English songs from the first half to the middle of the 17th century, and is ..., a 17th-century British music manuscript commonplace book See also * Drexler {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Drexel
Simone Drexel (born 13 May 1957 in St. Gallen , neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach , twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic) , website = ...) is a Swiss singer and songwriter. In 1975 she represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest with her self penned entry Mikado which finished sixth on the night. In 1984, following the birth of her daughter, Drexel retired from the music industry and a year later she started working in Transfusion medicine In recent years Drexel has returned to the music industry as a music teacher, she is also the lead singer of the group ''Bluesonix''. External links Bluesonix – official Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Drexel
Ruth Drexel (; 14 July 1930 – 26 February 2009) was a German actress, director, and theatre director/manager. Her best-known role was as "Resi Berghammer" in the German television series, ''Der Bulle von Tölz'', in which she played the mother of the eponymous cop. As of January 2006, she played the role in 58 episodes. Life and career Born in Vilshofen an der Donau, near Passau, Drexel trained as an actress in Munich, where she was also given her first engagement. She subsequently worked in Berlin (as a member of the Berliner Ensemble during 1955–56), Wuppertal, Darmstadt and Düsseldorf. She also appeared, to great critical acclaim, in new plays by Franz Xaver Kroetz and Felix Mitterer. In 1980, she co-founded the ''Tiroler Volksschauspiele'' in Telfs, Tyrol. Drexel's early television work included Wedekind's '' Der Marquis von Keith'' (1962), a German adaptation of Shaw's '' Candida'' (1963), Frisch's ''Biedermann und die Brandstifter'' (1967), and Kroetz's ' (''Jail B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katharine Drexel
Katharine Drexel, SBS (born Catherine Mary Drexel; November 26, 1858 – March 3, 1955) was an American heiress, philanthropist, religious sister, educator, and foundress of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. She was the second person born in what is now the United States to be canonized as a saint and the first one born a U.S. citizen. Life and religious work Katharine Mary Drexel was born Catherine Marie Drexel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 26, 1858, to Francis Anthony Drexel and Hannah Langstroth. Her family owned a considerable banking fortune, and her uncle Anthony Joseph Drexel was the founder of Drexel University in Philadelphia. She had two natural sisters, Louise and Elizabeth. She was a distant cousin of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis on her father's side. She took religious vows, and took the name ''Mother Katharine'', dedicating herself and her inheritance to the needs of oppressed Native Americans and African-Americans in the southern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph William Drexel
Joseph William Drexel (January 24, 1833 – March 25, 1888) was a banker, philanthropist, and book collector. Early life Joseph William Drexel was the son of Francis Martin Drexel (1792–1863) and Catherine Hookey (1795–1870). His siblings were Anthony Joseph Drexel (1826–1893) and Francis Anthony Drexel (1824–1885). Through his brother Francis, he was the uncle of Saint Katharine Drexel (1858–1955). Joseph Willam Drexel was raised a Roman Catholic, but he joined the Episcopal Church later. Drexel attended the Central High School in Philadelphia, and traveled through Spain, Egypt, Syria, Turkey, and Greece. Career Joseph Drexel was a partner in the firm of Drexel, Morgan and Company, where his brother, Anthony, was senior partner. In 1876, tired of battling the brusque J. Pierpont Morgan, Joseph retired from the business and devoted his life to philanthropic and civic organizations. He owned a farm near New York City, where people without work were housed, clothed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Armstrong Drexel
John Armstrong Drexel (October 24, 1891 – March 4, 1958) was an American aviation pioneer who was a member of the prominent Drexel family of Philadelphia. Early life Drexel was a son of Anthony Joseph Drexel Jr. (1864–1934) and Margarita Armstrong (1867-1948). His elder brother was banker, and aviator, Anthony Joseph Drexel III, and his only sister Margaretta was married to Guy Finch-Hatton, 14th Earl of Winchilsea. He was a grandson of Anthony Joseph Drexel, millionaire banker and founder of Drexel University. His father began working for his grandfather at Drexel & Co., Drexel, Morgan & Co. of New York, and Drexel, Harjes & Co., and was made a partner on January 1, 1890, shortly before his birth. His father resigned on October 21, 1893, just four months after his grandfather's death, and then lived a life of leisure. Aside from his inheritance from the estate of his father, which he shared with his three siblings, he inherited $1,000,000. Career With William McArdl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Drexel
John Drexel is an American poet, critic, and editor. Life and work John Drexel was born in Stamford, Connecticut. He is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and holds an M.A. in English from the University of Leeds, England, where his thesis advisor was Geoffrey Hill. He subsequently worked as an editor at Oxford University Press and other publishing houses in New York City, and served as general editor of ''The Facts On File Encyclopedia of the 20th Century''. Mr. Drexel's poems have appeared in numerous magazines, including ''First Things'', ''Hudson Review'', ''Image'', ''Oxford Poetry'', ''The New Criterion'', ''New Ohio Review'', ''Notre Dame Review'', ''The Paris Review'', ''Salmagundi (magazine)'', ''Southern Review'', '' St. Petersburg Review'', ''Valparaiso Poetry Review'', and ''Verse''. He has written on modern British and Irish poetry for the online Contemporary Poetry Review, and has reviewed for '' Arts & Letters'', ''Irish Literary Supplement'', ''Partisa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremias Drexel
Jeremias Drexel S.J. (also known as Hieremias Drexelius or Drechsel) (August 15, 1581 – 19 April 1638) was a Jesuit writer of devotional literature and a professor of the humanities and rhetoric. He served for 23 years as court preacher in Munich to Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria and his wife Elizabeth of Lorraine. Life Jeremias Drexel was born in Augsburg and was raised as Lutheran. However, he was converted to Catholicism in his youth and educated by the Jesuits before entering the Jesuit Order. He taught the Jesuit seminarians at University of Dillingen, Dillingen as professor of rhetoric, and then for 23 years he was a court preacher to Maximilian I, the prince-elector of Bavaria in the Holy Roman Empire. It is said that his voice was strong enough to be heard in every corner of the church and that his sermons were such that an hour would seem like a few minutes. During this period he accompanied Maximilian on his Thirty Years' War, Bohemian campaign. He died in Munich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Íngrid Drexel
Íngrid Drexel Clouthier (born 28 July 1993) is a Mexican road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Women's Team A UCI Women's Team is a women's road bicycle team sanctioned by the International Cycling Union ( UCI). These teams compete in the major women's bicycle races including the UCI Women's Road World Cup and the team time trial for trade teams at the ... . Born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Drexel competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's individual road race, Women's road race, but finished outside the time limit. She is a representative of the Nuevo León cycling team. Personal life Drexel is married to Mexican footballer Gibrán Lajud, and the couple have one child – a son – born in 2020. Major results ;2010 : 1st Time trial, 2010 Pan American Cycling Championships, Pan American Junior Road Championships ;2011 : 3rd Scratch, 2011 Pan American Cycling Championships#Track, Pan American Track Championships ;2012 : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Drexel
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of the Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide range of reasons and across all ranks, from a senior commander for skilled leadership of his troops in battle to a low-ranking soldier for a single act of extreme gallantry. A total of 7,321 awards were made between its first presentation on 30 September 1939 and its last bestowal on 17 June 1945. This number is based on the analysis and acceptance of the Order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Presentations were made to members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD—Reich Labour Service) and the Volkssturm (German national militia). There were also 43 recipie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Martin Drexel
Francis Martin Drexel (April 7, 1792 – June 5, 1863) was a Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States) banker and artist. He was the father of Anthony Joseph Drexel, the founder of Drexel University and the grandfather of Saint Katherine Drexel. Early life Franz Martin Drexel was born April 7, 1792, the eldest son of Franz Josef Drexel and Magdalena Wilhelm, in Dornbirn, in the Austrian Vorarlberg, not far from the Swiss border. His father was a successful merchant with business associates in both Switzerland and Italy. In 1803, Francis was sent to study Italian and French at a Catholic convent school In Italy. Drexel would eventually become conversant in five languages. He returned two years later and was apprenticed to a painter in a nearby village. When Napoleon invaded Austria, in order to escape conscription, and with help from his father, he crossed the Rhine into Switzerland. He remained there for about five years, painting portraits, houses, and signs to support him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
