Editing Drexel University (section)

===19th century===
[[File:Anthony J. Drexel by Moses Ezekiel (1844-1917) - Drexel University - IMG 7320.JPG|thumb|[[Anthony J. Drexel (Ezekiel)|Statue of Anthony J. Drexel]] by [[Moses J. Ezekiel]], which was completed in 1904 and moved to the Drexel campus in 1966]]
[[File:Drexel Main Building c.1892.jpg|thumb|The Main Building, dedicated in 1891]]
[[File:US-PA(1891) p731 PHILADELPHIA, ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES.jpg|thumb|Academy of Natural Sciences (in structure built in 1876) as it appeared in 1891 in its present location but a prior edifice<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ansp.org/about/academy-history/ | title=History | date=December 12, 2017 }}</ref>)]]
[[File:Drexel Main Building int.jpg|thumb|The interior of Drexel University's Main Building as seen in 2023]]
[[File:Clock sculpture - Drexel University - IMG 7332.JPG|thumb|Monumental conical pendulum clock by [[Eugène Farcot]] and sculpture by [[Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse]], which was donated to the university in 1912]]
Drexel University was founded in 1891 as the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry by [[Anthony J. Drexel]], a [[Philadelphia]] financier and philanthropist. The original mission of the institution was to provide educational opportunities in the "practical arts and sciences" for women and men of all backgrounds.

Drexel can now trace its roots to 1812 as in 2011 Drexel took over the management of what is now named [[Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University]]<ref>{{cite web |year=2011 |title=The Academy of Natural Sciences and Drexel University Announce a Historic Affiliation |url=http://www.ansp.org/about/academy-drexel-affiliation.php |access-date=2011-10-24 |publisher=Academy of Natural Science}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Allen |first=Peter Van |date=2011-05-19 |title=Academy of Natural Sciences to become Drexel subsidiary |work=Philadelphia Business Journal |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2011/05/19/academy-of-natural-sciences-to-become.html |access-date=2011-10-24}}</ref> which Academy was formed in the winter of 1812.<ref name="Nolan 1909">{{Cite book|last=Nolan|first=Edward James|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=slkSAAAAYAAJ&q=%22academy+of+natural+sciences%22+history&pg=PA1|title=A Short History of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia|date=1909|publisher=Academy of Natural Sciences|language=en}}</ref> In April 1817, the legislature of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania incorporated the organization under the name "Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia".<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tGY7AQAAIAAJ&q=Academy+of+Natural+Sciences+1817&pg=PA385|title=The Annals of Philosophy|date=4 November 2017|publisher=Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy.|via=Google Books}}</ref>