Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr.

Biddle in 1918 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.

He trained men in hand-to-hand combat in both World Wars, was a fellow of the American Geographical Society and founded a movement called "Athletic Christianity" that eventually attracted 300,000 members around the world. ''Sports Illustrated'' called him "boxing's greatest amateur" in 1955, as well as a "major factor in the re-establishment of boxing as a legal and, at that time, estimable sport."

A fictionalized Biddle appears in the 1967 Disney musical film ''The Happiest Millionaire''. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Scientific man vs. power politics,
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    Author: Brabazon, Francis
    Published 1959
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    Stay with God; a statement in illusion on reality
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    Author: Taylor, David
    Published 1960
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    Storm the last rampart
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    Author: Raud, Villibald
    Published 1953
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    Estonia, a reference book
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    Author: Klemmer, Harvey
    Published 1941
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    They'll never quit
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    Author: Sienkiewicz, Henryk, 1846-1916
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    Portrait of America; letters
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    Author: Pavel, Pavel
    Published 1944
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    Why Rumania failed,
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    Author: Legendre, Gertrude S., 1901-
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    The sands ceased to run
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    Sweet promised land
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    Author: Speidel, Hans, 1897-1984
    Published 1950
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    Invasion 1944; Rommel and the Normandy campaign
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    Author: Filipowicz, Tytus, 1873-
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    War aims; Poland and Central Europe after the war, some reflections
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    Author: Wallace, Brenton Greene, 1891-
    Published 1946
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    Patton and his Third army
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    Author: Millis, Walter, 1899-1968
    Published 1956
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    Arms and men; a study in American military history
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    Author: Fergusson, Bernard, 1911-1980
    Published 1952
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    Rupert of the Rhine
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    Author: Cudahy, John, 1887-1943
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    The case for the king of the Belgians,
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    Author: Miksche, Ferdinand Otto, 1905-1992
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    Secret forces; the technique of underground movements,
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    Author: Herbert, Anthony
    Published 1955
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    Conquest to nowhere
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    Author: Reynolds, Quentin James, 1902-1965
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    The wounded don't cry,
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