WICKLIFFE PRESTON DRAPER

(Wickliffe Draper)


Wickliffe Preston Draper
Wickliffe Preston Draper
  • Born: August 9, 1891
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  • Profession: Political Activist

Wickliffe Preston Draper was an American political activist. He was 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.