Wickliffe Draper
Military Person
1891 – 1972
Photo Credit ยป
44 Views
Who was Wickliffe Draper?
Wickliffe Preston Draper was an American multimillionaire and an ardent eugenicist and lifelong advocate of strict racial segregation. In 1937 he founded the Pioneer Fund, a registered charitable organisation established to provide scholarships for descendants of original white American settlers and to support research into heredity and eugenics; he later became its principal benefactor.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- Aug 9, 1891
Hopedale - Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Harvard University
- Died
- 1972
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Wickliffe Draper." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/wickliffe_draper>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Wickliffe Draper biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In