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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.
- Cordelia Rundell Bradley
- The Woodlands (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- 3, including Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr.
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (December 17, 1897 – November 13, 1961) was an American diplomat who served as ambassador to several countries between the 1930s and 1961. He served in the United States Army during World War I and after World War II , reaching the rank of major general .
- 1917–1919; 1944–1955
- Major General
- 4, including Mary Duke Biddle
Jan 2, 2020 · Born in 1897, Biddle was the son of the eccentric and wealthy Colonel Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, whose unconventional life was immortalized in the 1967 Walt Disney musical film The...
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: When the first World War started, Colonel Biddle opened a military training camp near Lansdowne [Pennsylvania], where he trained 4,000 young ...
Dec 2, 2019 · Born in 1897, Biddle was the son of Col. Anthony J. Drexel Biddle an eccentric millionaire known for training the U.S. Marines in hand-to-hand combat. Cordelia Biddle, the sister of Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr., wrote My Philadelphia Father, which details the unconventional lifestyle of the Biddle family growing up in Philadelphia.
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 instruction on ...
Jan 12, 2024 · Appointed: May 4, 1937. Presentation of Credentials: June 2, 1937. Termination of Mission: Left London December 1, 1943. Biddle left Warsaw on September 5, 1939, and followed the Government of Poland first to France (September 1939-June 1940) and later to England (where Biddle arrived on March 14, 1941).