DAVID DWIGHT BALDWIN, eldest son of Rev Dwight Baldwin, M D (B A Yale 1821), and Charlotte (Fowler) Baldwin, was born November 26, 1831, at Honolulu, Hawaii. His father was a missionary of the American Board m the Hawaiian Islands and for over thirty years
pastor of the church in Lahaina on the Island of Maui, also physician in a wide field.His mother was the daughter of Deacon Solomon Fowler of North Branford, Conn. He was prepared for college at the Punahou School in Honolulu.
While a student in [Yale, Class of 1857] college he was organist of the First
Congregational Church in Bridgeport, Conn. He received the first Clark Premium for the solution of problems in practical astronomy.
After graduation he returned by way of Cape Horn to the Hawaiian Islands, where for several years he was superintendent of government schools in the first section of Maui. From 1860 to 18 e Kohala Sugar Co , on the Island of Hawaii, where he introduced the "Lahaina" cane. Returning to the United States with his family in 1873, he remained more than a year in New Haven, was librarian of the Yale Law School, and received the degree of Master of Arts from the University in 1874.
He then went back to Hawaii, and was assistant principal of Lahainaluna Seminary from 1877, after which he was Inspector-General of Schools under the monarchy until 1885. Under his administration the English language was made quite generally the basis of instruction in the Island schools. He also drew up the first course of study for the schools. Resuming his position at Lahainaluna Seminary in 1886, he remained there until 1890, and was then principal of Hamakuapoke English School until his retirement in 1905, after a connection of thirty-eight years with the Hawaiian Department of Public Instruction.
He became the pioneer of the pineapple industry, which he introduced about 1890, and was made vice-president and a director of the Haiku Fruit and Packing Co, organized in 1903.
He was an acknowledged authority on Hawaiian land shells and ferns. Of the former he had gathered an especially notable collection. After he retired from active work he devoted himself to this collection, and to his extensive scientific correspondence. In 1893 he published a valuable "Catalogue of Land and Fresh-water Shells of the Hawaiian Islands," and described many new species of the Acatmelhdae in articles published in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and elsewhere.
Mr Baldwin died of cancer at Queen's Hospital in Honolulu, June 16, 1912, at the age of 80 years, an operation the previous February having given only temporary relief. The funeral services were held in the Paia Union Church, Maui, of which he had for many years been
organist and a faithful member.
He married at Bridgeport, Conn , October 7, 1857, Lois Gregory Morns, daughter of Elliot Morris, and had six sons and three daughters, of whom all but one son with
Mrs Baldwin survive him and live on the Islands. Of the sons, Erdman S is a non-graduate member of the Class of 1889 in the [Yale] Sheffield Scientific School, and William
A. graduated from that School in 1892. A sister married William D Alexander (B A Yale 1855), who died February 21, 1913. Four sons of his brother have graduated from the [Yale] Academical Department in 1897, 1898, 1904, and 1908, respectively, and two sons of his sister, Mrs Samuel Mills Damon, were graduates of the same Department in 1896 and 1906.
SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.
pastor of the church in Lahaina on the Island of Maui, also physician in a wide field.His mother was the daughter of Deacon Solomon Fowler of North Branford, Conn. He was prepared for college at the Punahou School in Honolulu.
While a student in [Yale, Class of 1857] college he was organist of the First
Congregational Church in Bridgeport, Conn. He received the first Clark Premium for the solution of problems in practical astronomy.
After graduation he returned by way of Cape Horn to the Hawaiian Islands, where for several years he was superintendent of government schools in the first section of Maui. From 1860 to 18 e Kohala Sugar Co , on the Island of Hawaii, where he introduced the "Lahaina" cane. Returning to the United States with his family in 1873, he remained more than a year in New Haven, was librarian of the Yale Law School, and received the degree of Master of Arts from the University in 1874.
He then went back to Hawaii, and was assistant principal of Lahainaluna Seminary from 1877, after which he was Inspector-General of Schools under the monarchy until 1885. Under his administration the English language was made quite generally the basis of instruction in the Island schools. He also drew up the first course of study for the schools. Resuming his position at Lahainaluna Seminary in 1886, he remained there until 1890, and was then principal of Hamakuapoke English School until his retirement in 1905, after a connection of thirty-eight years with the Hawaiian Department of Public Instruction.
He became the pioneer of the pineapple industry, which he introduced about 1890, and was made vice-president and a director of the Haiku Fruit and Packing Co, organized in 1903.
He was an acknowledged authority on Hawaiian land shells and ferns. Of the former he had gathered an especially notable collection. After he retired from active work he devoted himself to this collection, and to his extensive scientific correspondence. In 1893 he published a valuable "Catalogue of Land and Fresh-water Shells of the Hawaiian Islands," and described many new species of the Acatmelhdae in articles published in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and elsewhere.
Mr Baldwin died of cancer at Queen's Hospital in Honolulu, June 16, 1912, at the age of 80 years, an operation the previous February having given only temporary relief. The funeral services were held in the Paia Union Church, Maui, of which he had for many years been
organist and a faithful member.
He married at Bridgeport, Conn , October 7, 1857, Lois Gregory Morns, daughter of Elliot Morris, and had six sons and three daughters, of whom all but one son with
Mrs Baldwin survive him and live on the Islands. Of the sons, Erdman S is a non-graduate member of the Class of 1889 in the [Yale] Sheffield Scientific School, and William
A. graduated from that School in 1892. A sister married William D Alexander (B A Yale 1855), who died February 21, 1913. Four sons of his brother have graduated from the [Yale] Academical Department in 1897, 1898, 1904, and 1908, respectively, and two sons of his sister, Mrs Samuel Mills Damon, were graduates of the same Department in 1896 and 1906.
SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.
DAVID DWIGHT BALDWIN, eldest son of Rev Dwight Baldwin, M D (B A Yale 1821), and Charlotte (Fowler) Baldwin, was born November 26, 1831, at Honolulu, Hawaii. His father was a missionary of the American Board m the Hawaiian Islands and for over thirty years
pastor of the church in Lahaina on the Island of Maui, also physician in a wide field.His mother was the daughter of Deacon Solomon Fowler of North Branford, Conn. He was prepared for college at the Punahou School in Honolulu.
While a student in [Yale, Class of 1857] college he was organist of the First
Congregational Church in Bridgeport, Conn. He received the first Clark Premium for the solution of problems in practical astronomy.
After graduation he returned by way of Cape Horn to the Hawaiian Islands, where for several years he was superintendent of government schools in the first section of Maui. From 1860 to 18 e Kohala Sugar Co , on the Island of Hawaii, where he introduced the "Lahaina" cane. Returning to the United States with his family in 1873, he remained more than a year in New Haven, was librarian of the Yale Law School, and received the degree of Master of Arts from the University in 1874.
He then went back to Hawaii, and was assistant principal of Lahainaluna Seminary from 1877, after which he was Inspector-General of Schools under the monarchy until 1885. Under his administration the English language was made quite generally the basis of instruction in the Island schools. He also drew up the first course of study for the schools. Resuming his position at Lahainaluna Seminary in 1886, he remained there until 1890, and was then principal of Hamakuapoke English School until his retirement in 1905, after a connection of thirty-eight years with the Hawaiian Department of Public Instruction.
He became the pioneer of the pineapple industry, which he introduced about 1890, and was made vice-president and a director of the Haiku Fruit and Packing Co, organized in 1903.
He was an acknowledged authority on Hawaiian land shells and ferns. Of the former he had gathered an especially notable collection. After he retired from active work he devoted himself to this collection, and to his extensive scientific correspondence. In 1893 he published a valuable "Catalogue of Land and Fresh-water Shells of the Hawaiian Islands," and described many new species of the Acatmelhdae in articles published in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and elsewhere.
Mr Baldwin died of cancer at Queen's Hospital in Honolulu, June 16, 1912, at the age of 80 years, an operation the previous February having given only temporary relief. The funeral services were held in the Paia Union Church, Maui, of which he had for many years been
organist and a faithful member.
He married at Bridgeport, Conn , October 7, 1857, Lois Gregory Morns, daughter of Elliot Morris, and had six sons and three daughters, of whom all but one son with
Mrs Baldwin survive him and live on the Islands. Of the sons, Erdman S is a non-graduate member of the Class of 1889 in the [Yale] Sheffield Scientific School, and William
A. graduated from that School in 1892. A sister married William D Alexander (B A Yale 1855), who died February 21, 1913. Four sons of his brother have graduated from the [Yale] Academical Department in 1897, 1898, 1904, and 1908, respectively, and two sons of his sister, Mrs Samuel Mills Damon, were graduates of the same Department in 1896 and 1906.
SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.
pastor of the church in Lahaina on the Island of Maui, also physician in a wide field.His mother was the daughter of Deacon Solomon Fowler of North Branford, Conn. He was prepared for college at the Punahou School in Honolulu.
While a student in [Yale, Class of 1857] college he was organist of the First
Congregational Church in Bridgeport, Conn. He received the first Clark Premium for the solution of problems in practical astronomy.
After graduation he returned by way of Cape Horn to the Hawaiian Islands, where for several years he was superintendent of government schools in the first section of Maui. From 1860 to 18 e Kohala Sugar Co , on the Island of Hawaii, where he introduced the "Lahaina" cane. Returning to the United States with his family in 1873, he remained more than a year in New Haven, was librarian of the Yale Law School, and received the degree of Master of Arts from the University in 1874.
He then went back to Hawaii, and was assistant principal of Lahainaluna Seminary from 1877, after which he was Inspector-General of Schools under the monarchy until 1885. Under his administration the English language was made quite generally the basis of instruction in the Island schools. He also drew up the first course of study for the schools. Resuming his position at Lahainaluna Seminary in 1886, he remained there until 1890, and was then principal of Hamakuapoke English School until his retirement in 1905, after a connection of thirty-eight years with the Hawaiian Department of Public Instruction.
He became the pioneer of the pineapple industry, which he introduced about 1890, and was made vice-president and a director of the Haiku Fruit and Packing Co, organized in 1903.
He was an acknowledged authority on Hawaiian land shells and ferns. Of the former he had gathered an especially notable collection. After he retired from active work he devoted himself to this collection, and to his extensive scientific correspondence. In 1893 he published a valuable "Catalogue of Land and Fresh-water Shells of the Hawaiian Islands," and described many new species of the Acatmelhdae in articles published in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and elsewhere.
Mr Baldwin died of cancer at Queen's Hospital in Honolulu, June 16, 1912, at the age of 80 years, an operation the previous February having given only temporary relief. The funeral services were held in the Paia Union Church, Maui, of which he had for many years been
organist and a faithful member.
He married at Bridgeport, Conn , October 7, 1857, Lois Gregory Morns, daughter of Elliot Morris, and had six sons and three daughters, of whom all but one son with
Mrs Baldwin survive him and live on the Islands. Of the sons, Erdman S is a non-graduate member of the Class of 1889 in the [Yale] Sheffield Scientific School, and William
A. graduated from that School in 1892. A sister married William D Alexander (B A Yale 1855), who died February 21, 1913. Four sons of his brother have graduated from the [Yale] Academical Department in 1897, 1898, 1904, and 1908, respectively, and two sons of his sister, Mrs Samuel Mills Damon, were graduates of the same Department in 1896 and 1906.
SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.
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