There is no Drexel University without its founder, Anthony J. Drexel.And there is no Anthony J. Drexel without his father, Francis Martin Drexel, who escaped Napoleonic forces and spent eight years ...

The Drexel & Co. Bank That’s Still Standing: Then. Anthony’s father Francis Martin Drexel was born and raised in what is now Austria, and escaped Napoleon's invasion to immigrate to Philadelphia when ...