CREATE TABLE table_204_300 (id NUMBER, "date from" CLOB, "date to" CLOB, "pos." CLOB, "name" CLOB, "from" CLOB)

who was the previous loan before jacob butterfield ?
SELECT "name" FROM table_204_300 WHERE "date from" < (SELECT "date from" FROM table_204_300 WHERE "name" = 'jacob butterfield') ORDER BY "date from" DESC LIMIT 1
SELECT "name" FROM "table_204_300" WHERE "date from" < (SELECT "date from" FROM "table_204_300" WHERE "name" = 'jacob butterfield') ORDER BY "date from" DESC FETCH FIRST 1 ROWS ONLY