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William Plumer Jacobs

... that William Plumer Jacobs (pictured) founded Presbyterian College and Thornwell Orphanage?
... that the illustrated manuscript Tarif-i Husain Shahi contains a rare depiction of a queen in Islamic art?
... that a bulldog from New Zealand was trained to locate wounded soldiers on the battlefields of the Western Front in World War I and guide them back to safety?
... that the first biography of the first Japanese woman to earn a college degree was written by her great-granddaughter, who also studied abroad in the U.S.?
... that the serial killer Raul Meza Jr., when asked if he was apologetic, replied: "What's the use if a person will not accept it?"
... that after a retabulation showed an overtime was needed, Ateneo put its 1930 NCAA basketball championship round game against UST under protest as one of the two referees already left?
... that Robert Yelverton Tyrrell became a professor of classics despite spending only six weeks at secondary school?
... that the limited study of the Afghani plants Aquilegia gracillima, A. maimanica, and A. microcentra has been blamed on political circumstances?
... that the Price Tower was sold for $10 in 2023?