Background
Draper, George Otis was born on July 14, 1867 in Hopedale, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Franklin and Lydia Warren (Joy) Draper.
Draper, George Otis was born on July 14, 1867 in Hopedale, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Franklin and Lydia Warren (Joy) Draper.
Educated West. Newton English and Classical school and Massachusetts Institute Technology (non-graduate).
Of cotton machinery in father’s shops. Partner, George Draper & Sons, Hopedale, from 1889 to its consolidation with Draper Company, 1897. An officer in some 25 corporations connected with textile manufacturing, quarrying, mining and the development of patented inventions.
Inventor of many patented mechanic devices and improved details of the Northrop loom.
Expert on patents, and in cotton manufacturer President Draper Realty Company, Draper-Hansen Company, Michener Stowage Company, Sapphire Record & Talking Machine Company, Draper-Latham Magneto Company, Scholz Fireproofing Company, Farrington Company, Phillips Manufacturing Company, Hilton Manufacturing Company Author: Searching for Truth, 1902. Still on the Search, 1904, More, 1908.
Home: New York, New New York
Married Lily Duncan, April.