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Andrews, Lorrin

was born April 29, 1795, in East Windsor, Conn. He was educated at Jefferson college, Pa., and Princeton Theological seminary; sailed for the Hawaiian islands in November, 1827, and preached at Lahaina. In 1831 he established Lahainaluna seminary, which subsequently became the Hawaiian university, in which he was a professor for ten years. He translated a part of the Bible into Hawaii. In 1845 he was appointed judge under the Hawaiian government, and was also secretary of the privy council. These offices he held for ten years. He prepared a Hawaiian dictionary and several works on the literature and antiquities of the Hawaiians. He died Sept. 29, 1868, in Honolulu, Sandwich Islands.

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