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George William Childs Drexel

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George William Childs Drexel

Birth
Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
Death
9 Sep 1944 (aged 76)
Radnor, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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The Drexel Family Plot directly in front of the F.M. Drexel Mausoleum
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Banker. Philanthropist. Newspaper editor and publisher. He was the fourth son of Anthony Joseph Drexel. He was the owner and editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger. The paper was Philadelphia's premier newspaper at the turn of the century. His namesake and godfather, George Washington Childs, had made the Ledger a newspaper that was famous for its responsible and documented investigations of war profiteering and monopolies. Before it was absorbed in 1942 by a rival, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Public Ledger was considered "the only newspaper any lady or gentleman should read" by Philadelphia society. As the death of his godfather's death in 1894, Drexel inherited Childs's estate, "Wooten" in Bryn Mawr. Drexel's yacht, the Alcedo, was pressed into service during World War I. It was torpedoed and sunk on November 5, 1917. He was married to Mary Stretch Irick.
Banker. Philanthropist. Newspaper editor and publisher. He was the fourth son of Anthony Joseph Drexel. He was the owner and editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger. The paper was Philadelphia's premier newspaper at the turn of the century. His namesake and godfather, George Washington Childs, had made the Ledger a newspaper that was famous for its responsible and documented investigations of war profiteering and monopolies. Before it was absorbed in 1942 by a rival, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Public Ledger was considered "the only newspaper any lady or gentleman should read" by Philadelphia society. As the death of his godfather's death in 1894, Drexel inherited Childs's estate, "Wooten" in Bryn Mawr. Drexel's yacht, the Alcedo, was pressed into service during World War I. It was torpedoed and sunk on November 5, 1917. He was married to Mary Stretch Irick.

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Editor of Philadelphia Public Ledger

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