# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 173
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3441 "2020-09-03T13:23:33Z")
Colleges and universities named after individuals (and four-word bio) 1. Oberlin College - J.F. Oberlin (Alsatian pastor and peacemaker) 2. Wilfrid Laurier University - Sir Wilfred Laurier (seventh Canadian Prime Minister) 3. Gonzaga University - St. Aloysius Gonzaga (died nursing plague victims) 4. Haskell Indian Nations University - Dudley C. Haskell (Kansas Congressman, Indian Affairs) 5. Rice University - William Marsh Rice (murdered Alger-esque Houstonian bequeather) 6. Macalester College - Charles Macalester (Philadelphian philanthropist and businessman) 7. Harvard University - John Harvard (English-born minister, generous benefactor) Wow, **Bayaker** - I didn’t know that about Rice. Quite a tale: [William Marsh Rice - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marsh_Rice) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3442 "2020-09-03T13:39:25Z")
Colleges and universities named after individuals (and four-word bio) 1. Oberlin College - J.F. Oberlin (Alsatian pastor and peacemaker) 2. Wilfrid Laurier University - Sir Wilfred Laurier (seventh Canadian Prime Minister) 3. Gonzaga University - St. Aloysius Gonzaga (died nursing plague victims) 4. Haskell Indian Nations University - Dudley C. Haskell (Kansas Congressman, Indian Affairs) 5. Rice University - William Marsh Rice (murdered Alger-esque Houstonian bequeather) 6. Macalester College - Charles Macalester (Philadelphian philanthropist and businessman) 7. Harvard University - John Harvard (English-born minister, generous benefactor) 8. Yale University - Elihu Yale (slave trader and philanthropist) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3443 "2020-09-03T13:51:15Z")
Colleges and universities named after individuals (and four-word bio) 1. Oberlin College - J.F. Oberlin (Alsatian pastor and peacemaker) 2. Wilfrid Laurier University - Sir Wilfred Laurier (seventh Canadian Prime Minister) 3. Gonzaga University - St. Aloysius Gonzaga (died nursing plague victims) 4. Haskell Indian Nations University - Dudley C. Haskell (Kansas Congressman, Indian Affairs) 5. Rice University - William Marsh Rice (murdered Alger-esque Houstonian bequeather) 6. Macalester College - Charles Macalester (Philadelphian philanthropist and businessman) 7. Harvard University - John Harvard (English-born minister, generous benefactor) 8. Yale University - Elihu Yale (slave trader and philanthropist) 9. Churchill College - Winston Churchill (notable British prime minister) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3444 "2020-09-03T21:31:31Z")
Colleges and universities named after individuals (and four-word bio) 1. Oberlin College - J.F. Oberlin (Alsatian pastor and peacemaker) 2. Wilfrid Laurier University - Sir Wilfred Laurier (seventh Canadian Prime Minister) 3. Gonzaga University - St. Aloysius Gonzaga (died nursing plague victims) 4. Haskell Indian Nations University - Dudley C. Haskell (Kansas Congressman, Indian Affairs) 5. Rice University - William Marsh Rice (murdered Alger-esque Houstonian bequeather) 6. Macalester College - Charles Macalester (Philadelphian philanthropist and businessman) 7. Harvard University - John Harvard (English-born minister, generous benefactor) 8. Yale University - Elihu Yale (slave trader and philanthropist) 9. Churchill College - Winston Churchill (notable British prime minister) 10. Stanford University - Leland Stanford jr (died aged 15, typhoid) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3445 "2020-09-04T01:49:09Z")
Colleges and universities named after individuals (and four-word bio) 1. Oberlin College - J.F. Oberlin (Alsatian pastor and peacemaker) 2. Wilfrid Laurier University - Sir Wilfred Laurier (seventh Canadian Prime Minister) 3. Gonzaga University - St. Aloysius Gonzaga (died nursing plague victims) 4. Haskell Indian Nations University - Dudley C. Haskell (Kansas Congressman, Indian Affairs) 5. Rice University - William Marsh Rice (murdered Alger-esque Houstonian bequeather) 6. Macalester College - Charles Macalester (Philadelphian philanthropist and businessman) 7. Harvard University - John Harvard (English-born minister, generous benefactor) 8. Yale University - Elihu Yale (slave trader and philanthropist) 9. Churchill College - Winston Churchill (notable British prime minister) 10. Stanford University - Leland Stanford jr (died aged 15, typhoid) 11. Alice Lloyd College, Pippa Passes, Kentucky - Alice Lloyd (radical suffregette and free-thinker) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3446 "2020-09-04T03:59:58Z")
Colleges and universities named after individuals (and four-word bio) 1. Oberlin College - J.F. Oberlin (Alsatian pastor and peacemaker) 2. Wilfrid Laurier University - Sir Wilfred Laurier (seventh Canadian Prime Minister) 3. Gonzaga University - St. Aloysius Gonzaga (died nursing plague victims) 4. Haskell Indian Nations University - Dudley C. Haskell (Kansas Congressman, Indian Affairs) 5. Rice University - William Marsh Rice (murdered Alger-esque Houstonian bequeather) 6. Macalester College - Charles Macalester (Philadelphian philanthropist and businessman) 7. Harvard University - John Harvard (English-born minister, generous benefactor) 8. Yale University - Elihu Yale (slave trader and philanthropist) 9. Churchill College - Winston Churchill (notable British prime minister) 10. Stanford University - Leland Stanford jr (died aged 15, typhoid) 11. Alice Lloyd College, Pippa Passes, Kentucky - Alice Lloyd (radical suffragette and free-thinker) 12. Loyola University - Ignatius of Loyola (soldier, saint, Jesuit founder) There are 5 universities with this name: Chicago, Baltimore, New Orleans, Congo and Andalusia, not connected except in being run by Jesuits. Also a Loyola College in Chennai, India ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3447 "2020-09-04T08:31:09Z")
Colleges and universities named after individuals (and four-word bio) 1. Oberlin College - J.F. Oberlin (Alsatian pastor and peacemaker) 2. Wilfrid Laurier University - Sir Wilfred Laurier (seventh Canadian Prime Minister) 3. Gonzaga University - St. Aloysius Gonzaga (died nursing plague victims) 4. Haskell Indian Nations University - Dudley C. Haskell (Kansas Congressman, Indian Affairs) 5. Rice University - William Marsh Rice (murdered Alger-esque Houstonian bequeather) 6. Macalester College - Charles Macalester (Philadelphian philanthropist and businessman) 7. Harvard University - John Harvard (English-born minister, generous benefactor) 8. Yale University - Elihu Yale (slave trader and philanthropist) 9. Churchill College - Winston Churchill (notable British prime minister) 10. Stanford University - Leland Stanford jr (died aged 15, typhoid) 11. Alice Lloyd College, Pippa Passes, Kentucky - Alice Lloyd (radical suffragette and free-thinker) 12. Loyola University - Ignatius of Loyola (soldier, saint, Jesuit founder) 13. Stetson University - John B. Stetson (Florida inventor of cowboy-hat) Pass – this was fun ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3448 "2020-09-04T14:48:12Z")
Words that you rarely (if ever) encounter, except in crossword puzzles: 1. aper ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3449 "2020-09-04T14:53:45Z")
Words that you rarely (if ever) encounter, except in crossword puzzles: 1. aper 2. obi ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3450 "2020-09-04T16:09:20Z")
Words that you rarely (if ever) encounter, except in crossword puzzles: 1. aper 2. obi 3. xat a carved totem pole of various North American Indian tribes (the “X” is pronounced as a rough “h” sound, as in the German “ch”) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3451 "2020-09-04T17:28:32Z")
Words that you rarely (if ever) encounter, except in crossword puzzles: 1. aper 2. obi 3. xat 4. jo ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3452 "2020-09-04T20:04:05Z")
Words that you rarely (if ever) encounter, except in crossword puzzles: 1. aper 2. obi 3. xat 4. jo 5. smee ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3453 "2020-09-04T20:42:41Z")
Words that you rarely (if ever) encounter, except in crossword puzzles: 1. aper 2. obi 3. xat 4. jo 5. smee 6. qaid ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3454 "2020-09-04T21:10:10Z")
Words that you rarely (if ever) encounter, except in crossword puzzles: 1. aper 2. obi 3. xat 4. jo 5. smee 6. qaid 7. alee ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3455 "2020-09-04T21:44:04Z")
Words that you rarely (if ever) encounter, except in crossword puzzles: 1. aper 2. obi 3. xat 4. jo 5. smee 6. qaid 7. alee 8. erne ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3456 "2020-09-05T01:59:24Z")
Words that you rarely (if ever) encounter, except in crossword puzzles: 1. aper 2. obi 3. xat 4. jo 5. smee 6. qaid 7. alee 8. erne 9. olio ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3457 "2020-09-05T02:02:11Z")
Words that you rarely (if ever) encounter, except in crossword puzzles: 1. aper 2. obi 3. xat 4. jo 5. smee 6. qaid 7. alee 8. erne 9. olio 10. iiwi ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3458 "2020-09-05T03:12:53Z")
Words that you rarely (if ever) encounter, except in crossword puzzles: 1. aper 2. obi 3. xat 4. jo 5. smee 6. qaid 7. alee 8. erne 9. olio 10. iiwi 11. ara ---
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Words that you rarely (if ever) encounter, except in crossword puzzles: 1. aper 2. obi 3. xat 4. jo 5. smee 6. qaid 7. alee 8. erne 9. olio 10. iiwi 11. ara 12. epee ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3460 "2020-09-05T22:12:35Z")
Words that you rarely (if ever) encounter, except in crossword puzzles: 1. aper 2. obi 3. xat 4. jo 5. smee 6. qaid 7. alee 8. erne 9. olio 10. iiwi 11. ara 12. epee 13. etui For Labor Day weekend: characters in fiction / film etc and their work 1. Atticus Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird - lawyer [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=172) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=174)