1. Lorrin Andrews was an early American missionary to Hawaii and judge.
22 Facts About Lorrin Andrews
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Lorrin Andrews opened the first post-secondary school for Hawaiians called Lahainaluna Seminary, prepared a Hawaiian dictionary and several works on the literature and antiquities of the Hawaiians.
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Lorrin Andrews's students published the first newspaper, and were involved in the first case of counterfeiting currency in Hawaii.
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Lorrin Andrews later served as a judge and became a member of Hawaii's first Supreme Court.
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Lorrin Andrews graduated from Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, and attended Princeton Theological Seminary.
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Lorrin Andrews married Mary Ann Wilson from Washington, Kentucky on August 16,1827.
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Sarah's son, Lorrin Andrews Thurston, played a pivotal role in later Hawaiian history.
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Lorrin Andrews sailed for the Hawaiian Islands in November 1827, on the ship Parthian.
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Lorrin Andrews was assigned to the mission at Lahaina, Hawaii on the island of Maui which had been established by William Richards in 1823.
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Lorrin Andrews moved to Honolulu in 1845 where he died on September 29,1868.
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Lorrin Andrews published the first Hawaiian grammar book in 1838.
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Lorrin Andrews's students were to become authors and publishers of newspapers and books throughout Hawaii.
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Lorrin Andrews had his students write a history of Kamehameha I, but the manuscript has been lost.
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Lorrin Andrews left the mission in April 1842 because the board in New England continued to accept funds from slave owning states.
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Lorrin Andrews served as a seamen's chaplain at Lahaina, which had become a popular port for the whaling industry.
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Lorrin Andrews remained involved with publishing and in 1843 directed the printing some of the first paper currency issued in the Kingdom.
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Lorrin Andrews began by issuing twenty-one rules of practice in July 1846.
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Lorrin Andrews resigned from the court in 1855, and went back to his publishing.
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Lorrin Andrews worked again on Bible translation, publishing the books of John, Jude, and Proverbs.
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Lorrin Andrews translated and published some of the important chants from Hawaiian culture.
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Lorrin Andrews combined his 1835 work with several other word lists and published a larger Hawaiian dictionary containing about 15,000 words in 1865.
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Lorrin Andrews's works were valuable in the reconstruction of Hawaiian language and culture that started in the 1980s.