Biddle was a graduate of Germany's Heidelberg University. He was a grandson of banker Anthony Joseph Drexel, and a great-grandson of banker Nicholas Biddle. He was born on October 1, 1874, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Edward Biddle II and Emily Drexel. A 1955 Sports Illustrated article called him "boxing's greatest amateur" as well as a "major factor in the re-establishment of boxing as a legal and, at that time, estimable sport." Early life He trained men in hand-to-hand combat in both World War I and World War II, was a fellow of the American Geographical Society and founded a movement called "Athletic Christianity" that eventually attracted 300,000 members around the world.
He was the man upon whom the book My Philadelphia Father and the play and film The Happiest Millionaire were based.
(OctoMay 27, 1948) was a millionaire whose fortune allowed him to pursue theatricals, self-published writing, athletics, and Christianity on a full-time basis.
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