John Henry Manning Butler was born on 05 September 1868 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. He was one of a handful of African Americans who travelled to the Philippines in 1902 to help establish the Philippine public school system. His first station was Alominos, Zambales. In his stay in the islands, he amassed 100 hectares of rice fields in Cagayan and Isabela Provinces, 1,379-square meter residence in San Juan, Rizal and a library with 1,000 volumes. Dr. Butler died on 15 March 1944 in Mandaluyong, Philippines. More here: http://bit.ly/joNO6D