George Albert Draper was an American

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 textile industrialist.

Draper was born in Hopedale, Massachusetts

Hopedale, Massachusetts

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. At age 17, he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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, where he studied for two years. He then joined his father's businesses as treasurer at Hopedale Machine Company and later at the Draper Company

Draper Corporation

The Draper Corporation was once the largest maker of power looms for the textile industry in the United States. It operated in Hopedale, Massachusetts for over 130 years.-Beginnings:...

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He was also president of the Grafton and Upton Railroad

Grafton and Upton Railroad

The Grafton and Upton Railroad is a Class III short line railroad in east-central Massachusetts. This 16.5 mile line connects runs from Grafton to Milford and connects to CSX Transportation lines at both ends...

, and of the Harmony Mills; director in the Milford National Bank, First National Bank of Boston, Brogon Cotton Mills Company, of Anderson, North Carolina, and of the Calhoun Cotton Mills of Calhoun, North Carolina.

His brother Ebenezer Sumner Draper

Ebenezer Sumner Draper

Ebenezer Sumner Draper was a U.S. political figure. He served as the 44th Governor of Massachusetts between 1909 and 1911. Like Curtis Guild, Jr., Eben Draper was forged by his family's business. His father, George Draper had been part of a Christian Socialist community, which ended in bankruptcy...

 was governor. His son Wickliffe Draper

Wickliffe Draper

Wickliffe Preston Draper was an American multimillionaire and an ardent eugenicist and lifelong advocate of strict racial segregation...

 inherited his fortune and used it to begin the Pioneer Fund

Pioneer Fund

The Pioneer Fund is an American non-profit foundation established in 1937 "to advance the scientific study of heredity and human differences." Currently headed by psychology professor J. Philippe Rushton, the fund states that it focuses on projects it perceives will not be easily funded due to...

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