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Father of:
William Douglas Alexander (1861-1936)
Arthur Chambers Alexander (1863-1954)
WILLIAM DEWITT ALEXANDER, son of Rev William Patterson Alexander, for fifty years a missionary in the Sandwich Islands, and Mary Ann (McKinney) Alexander, was born April 2, 1833, in Honolulu. He was named for his mother's pastor, Rev. William DeWitt Hyde, D D, of
Harnsburg, Pa , with whom he made his home while in this country.
After graduating from Oahu College in Honolulu he came to the United States and was a member of the [Yale College] Class of 1854 in Freshman year, but on account
of ill health he left college and taught school at Vincennes, Ind. After a year he reentered college at the beginning of Sophomore year, and finished the course as Salutatorian of the Class of 1855.
After graduation he taught a ,year in Beloit College, was private tutor in New York City, where he also studied Hebrew, but in 1858 became Professor of Greek in Oahu
College, and in 1864 President. In 1871 he resigned this office to become Surveyor General of the Hawaiian Kingdom, and continued in that position during the Provisional
Government and Republic, until the Territory of Hawaii was organized in 1900. In 1887 he was also a member of the Privy Council of State, and Knight Companion of the Order of Kalakaua. In 1901 he was appointed to a position on the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and held this until his retirement in 1907. For many years he was a trustee of the Oahu College, and he was vice-president of the Hawaiian Board of Education, a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, member of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, founder and vice-president of the Hawaiian Historical Society, and member of the Polynesian Society.
In 1884 he attended the International Meridian Conference at Washington as commissioner from Hawaii, and in July, 1892, made a scientific expedition to the summit of Mauna Kea. In July, 1893, he was sent as a special commissioner of the Provisional Government to
Washington, returning the following March. He assisted m drafting the constitution of the Republic of Hawaii. He wrote "A Short Synopsis of Hawaiian Grammar,'* 1864, A Paper on "Ancient Land Tenure m Polynesia," in the American Law Review, May, 1888 "A Brief History of the Hawaiian People," 1891, new edition 1899, and a larger History (nearly finished) ,
Hawaiian Monarchy and the Revolution of 1893," 1895, "Brief History of the Kalakaua's Reign", three monographs published by the Hawaiian Historical Society, and many other articles, also Reports and Maps of Government Surveys.
He received the degree of Master of Arts from the University in 1858, and for his service in teaching science and American methods of thought to the people of Hawaii awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1903.
He was the first president of the Yale Alumni Association of Hawaii.
Dr Alexander died at Queen's Hospital, Honolulu, February 21, 1913, in the 80th year of his age.
He married at Lahama, H I, July 18, 1860, Abigail Charlotte, sister of Rev David Dwight Baldwin (BA. Yale 1857), and eldest daughter of Rev Dwight Baldwin, M D (B A Yale 1821J, and Charlotte (Fowleij Baldwin. They had three sons and two daughters, who with Mrs. Alexander survive him. Their golden wedding was celebrated in 1910. His second son, Arthur Chambers, graduated from the [Yale College] Sheffield Scientific School in 1889.
SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.
Father of:
William Douglas Alexander (1861-1936)
Arthur Chambers Alexander (1863-1954)
WILLIAM DEWITT ALEXANDER, son of Rev William Patterson Alexander, for fifty years a missionary in the Sandwich Islands, and Mary Ann (McKinney) Alexander, was born April 2, 1833, in Honolulu. He was named for his mother's pastor, Rev. William DeWitt Hyde, D D, of
Harnsburg, Pa , with whom he made his home while in this country.
After graduating from Oahu College in Honolulu he came to the United States and was a member of the [Yale College] Class of 1854 in Freshman year, but on account
of ill health he left college and taught school at Vincennes, Ind. After a year he reentered college at the beginning of Sophomore year, and finished the course as Salutatorian of the Class of 1855.
After graduation he taught a ,year in Beloit College, was private tutor in New York City, where he also studied Hebrew, but in 1858 became Professor of Greek in Oahu
College, and in 1864 President. In 1871 he resigned this office to become Surveyor General of the Hawaiian Kingdom, and continued in that position during the Provisional
Government and Republic, until the Territory of Hawaii was organized in 1900. In 1887 he was also a member of the Privy Council of State, and Knight Companion of the Order of Kalakaua. In 1901 he was appointed to a position on the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and held this until his retirement in 1907. For many years he was a trustee of the Oahu College, and he was vice-president of the Hawaiian Board of Education, a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, member of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, founder and vice-president of the Hawaiian Historical Society, and member of the Polynesian Society.
In 1884 he attended the International Meridian Conference at Washington as commissioner from Hawaii, and in July, 1892, made a scientific expedition to the summit of Mauna Kea. In July, 1893, he was sent as a special commissioner of the Provisional Government to
Washington, returning the following March. He assisted m drafting the constitution of the Republic of Hawaii. He wrote "A Short Synopsis of Hawaiian Grammar,'* 1864, A Paper on "Ancient Land Tenure m Polynesia," in the American Law Review, May, 1888 "A Brief History of the Hawaiian People," 1891, new edition 1899, and a larger History (nearly finished) ,
Hawaiian Monarchy and the Revolution of 1893," 1895, "Brief History of the Kalakaua's Reign", three monographs published by the Hawaiian Historical Society, and many other articles, also Reports and Maps of Government Surveys.
He received the degree of Master of Arts from the University in 1858, and for his service in teaching science and American methods of thought to the people of Hawaii awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1903.
He was the first president of the Yale Alumni Association of Hawaii.
Dr Alexander died at Queen's Hospital, Honolulu, February 21, 1913, in the 80th year of his age.
He married at Lahama, H I, July 18, 1860, Abigail Charlotte, sister of Rev David Dwight Baldwin (BA. Yale 1857), and eldest daughter of Rev Dwight Baldwin, M D (B A Yale 1821J, and Charlotte (Fowleij Baldwin. They had three sons and two daughters, who with Mrs. Alexander survive him. Their golden wedding was celebrated in 1910. His second son, Arthur Chambers, graduated from the [Yale College] Sheffield Scientific School in 1889.
SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.
In addition to those linked below
Father of:
William Douglas Alexander (1861-1936)
Arthur Chambers Alexander (1863-1954)
WILLIAM DEWITT ALEXANDER, son of Rev William Patterson Alexander, for fifty years a missionary in the Sandwich Islands, and Mary Ann (McKinney) Alexander, was born April 2, 1833, in Honolulu. He was named for his mother's pastor, Rev. William DeWitt Hyde, D D, of
Harnsburg, Pa , with whom he made his home while in this country.
After graduating from Oahu College in Honolulu he came to the United States and was a member of the [Yale College] Class of 1854 in Freshman year, but on account
of ill health he left college and taught school at Vincennes, Ind. After a year he reentered college at the beginning of Sophomore year, and finished the course as Salutatorian of the Class of 1855.
After graduation he taught a ,year in Beloit College, was private tutor in New York City, where he also studied Hebrew, but in 1858 became Professor of Greek in Oahu
College, and in 1864 President. In 1871 he resigned this office to become Surveyor General of the Hawaiian Kingdom, and continued in that position during the Provisional
Government and Republic, until the Territory of Hawaii was organized in 1900. In 1887 he was also a member of the Privy Council of State, and Knight Companion of the Order of Kalakaua. In 1901 he was appointed to a position on the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and held this until his retirement in 1907. For many years he was a trustee of the Oahu College, and he was vice-president of the Hawaiian Board of Education, a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, member of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, founder and vice-president of the Hawaiian Historical Society, and member of the Polynesian Society.
In 1884 he attended the International Meridian Conference at Washington as commissioner from Hawaii, and in July, 1892, made a scientific expedition to the summit of Mauna Kea. In July, 1893, he was sent as a special commissioner of the Provisional Government to
Washington, returning the following March. He assisted m drafting the constitution of the Republic of Hawaii. He wrote "A Short Synopsis of Hawaiian Grammar,'* 1864, A Paper on "Ancient Land Tenure m Polynesia," in the American Law Review, May, 1888 "A Brief History of the Hawaiian People," 1891, new edition 1899, and a larger History (nearly finished) ,
Hawaiian Monarchy and the Revolution of 1893," 1895, "Brief History of the Kalakaua's Reign", three monographs published by the Hawaiian Historical Society, and many other articles, also Reports and Maps of Government Surveys.
He received the degree of Master of Arts from the University in 1858, and for his service in teaching science and American methods of thought to the people of Hawaii awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1903.
He was the first president of the Yale Alumni Association of Hawaii.
Dr Alexander died at Queen's Hospital, Honolulu, February 21, 1913, in the 80th year of his age.
He married at Lahama, H I, July 18, 1860, Abigail Charlotte, sister of Rev David Dwight Baldwin (BA. Yale 1857), and eldest daughter of Rev Dwight Baldwin, M D (B A Yale 1821J, and Charlotte (Fowleij Baldwin. They had three sons and two daughters, who with Mrs. Alexander survive him. Their golden wedding was celebrated in 1910. His second son, Arthur Chambers, graduated from the [Yale College] Sheffield Scientific School in 1889.
SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.
Father of:
William Douglas Alexander (1861-1936)
Arthur Chambers Alexander (1863-1954)
WILLIAM DEWITT ALEXANDER, son of Rev William Patterson Alexander, for fifty years a missionary in the Sandwich Islands, and Mary Ann (McKinney) Alexander, was born April 2, 1833, in Honolulu. He was named for his mother's pastor, Rev. William DeWitt Hyde, D D, of
Harnsburg, Pa , with whom he made his home while in this country.
After graduating from Oahu College in Honolulu he came to the United States and was a member of the [Yale College] Class of 1854 in Freshman year, but on account
of ill health he left college and taught school at Vincennes, Ind. After a year he reentered college at the beginning of Sophomore year, and finished the course as Salutatorian of the Class of 1855.
After graduation he taught a ,year in Beloit College, was private tutor in New York City, where he also studied Hebrew, but in 1858 became Professor of Greek in Oahu
College, and in 1864 President. In 1871 he resigned this office to become Surveyor General of the Hawaiian Kingdom, and continued in that position during the Provisional
Government and Republic, until the Territory of Hawaii was organized in 1900. In 1887 he was also a member of the Privy Council of State, and Knight Companion of the Order of Kalakaua. In 1901 he was appointed to a position on the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and held this until his retirement in 1907. For many years he was a trustee of the Oahu College, and he was vice-president of the Hawaiian Board of Education, a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, member of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, founder and vice-president of the Hawaiian Historical Society, and member of the Polynesian Society.
In 1884 he attended the International Meridian Conference at Washington as commissioner from Hawaii, and in July, 1892, made a scientific expedition to the summit of Mauna Kea. In July, 1893, he was sent as a special commissioner of the Provisional Government to
Washington, returning the following March. He assisted m drafting the constitution of the Republic of Hawaii. He wrote "A Short Synopsis of Hawaiian Grammar,'* 1864, A Paper on "Ancient Land Tenure m Polynesia," in the American Law Review, May, 1888 "A Brief History of the Hawaiian People," 1891, new edition 1899, and a larger History (nearly finished) ,
Hawaiian Monarchy and the Revolution of 1893," 1895, "Brief History of the Kalakaua's Reign", three monographs published by the Hawaiian Historical Society, and many other articles, also Reports and Maps of Government Surveys.
He received the degree of Master of Arts from the University in 1858, and for his service in teaching science and American methods of thought to the people of Hawaii awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1903.
He was the first president of the Yale Alumni Association of Hawaii.
Dr Alexander died at Queen's Hospital, Honolulu, February 21, 1913, in the 80th year of his age.
He married at Lahama, H I, July 18, 1860, Abigail Charlotte, sister of Rev David Dwight Baldwin (BA. Yale 1857), and eldest daughter of Rev Dwight Baldwin, M D (B A Yale 1821J, and Charlotte (Fowleij Baldwin. They had three sons and two daughters, who with Mrs. Alexander survive him. Their golden wedding was celebrated in 1910. His second son, Arthur Chambers, graduated from the [Yale College] Sheffield Scientific School in 1889.
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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