Early Life and Education
Purcell was born in Wilmette, Illinois on July 2, 1880. His father was Charles A. Purcell, an important grain trader, and his grandfather, William Cunningham Gray, was a writer of national reputation. Purcell was raised by his grandparents in Oak Park, Illinois, near the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. He graduated from Cornell University with a degree in architecture in 1903.
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