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Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr. (October 1, 1874 – May 27, 1948) was a millionaire whose fortune allowed him to pursue theatricals, self-published writing, athletics, and Christianity on a full-time basis.
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle junior (* 17. Dezember 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; † 13. November 1961 in Washington, D.C.) war ein US-amerikanischer Offizier und Diplomat, der Generalmajor der US Army sowie mehrmals Botschafter in verschiedenen Staaten war.
1. Mai 2022 · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Joseph_Drexel_Biddle. Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle I (1874–1948), also known as Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Sr., was the man upon whom the book My Philadelphia Father and the play and film The Happiest Millionaire were based.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Cordelia Rundell Biddle
- Pennsylvania
- October 1, 1874
Anthony Joseph Drexel Sr. (September 13, 1826 – June 30, 1893) 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 , which later became J.P. Morgan & Co. , in New York City in 1871 ...
Biographical Text. Colonel “Tony” Drexel Biddle, Sr. led an eclectic life, as detailed in his daughter’s book My Philadelphia Father (Duke & Crichton, 1955), which was adapted into a play of the same name and, later, the Disney film The Happiest Millionaire (1967). Biddle wrote children’s fairytales, essays on nature and morality, and ...
10. Feb. 2020 · If you’ve ever trained in hand-to-hand or close-quarters combat, you probably have Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr. to thank. A Marine officer in the early twentieth century, Biddle was an expert in hand-to-hand and close-quarter combat who, quite literally, wrote one of the authoritative books on the subject.
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle (1874-1948) was a pioneer of bayonet and hand-to-hand combat training in the US Marine Corps, and reading the New York Times (February 15, 1942), one learns that:
