10 Facts About David Malo

David Malo or Davida Malo was a chiefly counselor, a Hawaiian intellectual, educator, politician and minister.

David Malo is remembered by subsequent generations of Hawaiian people and scholars primarily as a Native Hawaiian historian of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

David Malo spelled his name Davida, since syllables always end in vowels in the Hawaiian language.

David Malo grew up during the period when Kamehameha I united the islands into a single kingdom.

In 1823 David Malo moved to Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui and became a student of Reverend William Richards, learning how to read and write in both English and Hawaiian.

David Malo married again to a woman named Pahia, who took the Christian name Bathsheba; she died without children.

David Malo was a member of the first class at the Lahainaluna School, later serving as school master.

David Malo helped form the first Hawaiian Historical Society with Samuel Kamakau in 1841.

David Malo wrote a history of Kamehameha I, but the manuscript was lost.

David Malo's grave is located above the Lahainaluna school on Maui.