Editing Wickliffe Draper (section)

==Early life and education==
Draper was born on August 9, 1891, in [[Hopedale, Massachusetts]].<ref>Draper's first name is sometimes spelled "Wycliffe" in publications.</ref> He was the son and heir of Jessie Fremont Preston Draper, daughter of Confederate Brigadier General [[William Preston (Kentucky soldier)|William Preston III]], who had served as the [[United States Ambassador to Spain]], until the [[American Civil War]]<ref>[https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:bk128x634 "Jessie Fremont Preston Draper", Bancroft Memorial Library, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts. Retrieved October 10, 2020.]</ref> and [[George A. Draper]], owner of [[Draper Corporation|Draper Looms]] textile and textile machinery manufacturers, who descended from generations of prominent Americans. He attended [[St. Mark's School (Massachusetts) |St. Mark's School]] in [[Southborough, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Scholarships for 1912-13 |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1912/12/10/scholarships-for-1912-13-pthe-following-is/ |website=The Harvard Crimson |publisher=Harvard University |access-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222133105/https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1912/12/10/scholarships-for-1912-13-pthe-following-is/ |archive-date=22 February 2023}}</ref>

Draper graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1913. When the United States was slow to enter [[World War I]], he enlisted in the [[British Army]]. When the U.S. eventually declared war, he transferred to the U.S. Army.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kenny |first1=Michael G. |title=Toward a racial abyss: eugenics, Wickliffe Draper, and the origins of The Pioneer Fund |journal=Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences |date=2002 |volume=38 |issue=3 |page=263 |doi=10.1002/jhbs.10063 |pmid=12115787}}</ref>