Wickliffe Draper (1891-1972)
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A textile-fortune heir quietly bankrolled 'scientific racism' for decades and even attended a Nazi population conference.
Who they are
Wickliffe Draper (1891-1972), a textile-machinery heir who financed race science.
What they do
The engine reads him as the money link connecting American eugenics to postwar race science.
How it works
He attended the 1935 Berlin Nazi Population Conference and funded segregationist and hereditarian causes through the Pioneer Fund and related groups, personally bridging early American eugenics figures to later race-science efforts, per peer-reviewed history.
Why it matters
He shows how a single wealthy patron can keep a discredited pseudo-scientific movement alive and connected across generations.
The engine's record — word for word
Textile-machinery heir; private-capital financier of scientific racism. Attended the 1935 Berlin Nazi Population Conference; funded segregationist and hereditarian causes through the Pioneer Fund and secondary organizations. The human carrier bridging American eugenics (ERO/Laughlin) to postwar race science. Source: Kenny 2002 (J Hist Behav Sci); Tucker; Undark 'Draper's Millions'; SPLC. [TIER: PEER-REVIEW-HISTORY]
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