The Biographical Dictionary of America/Andrews, Lorrin

ANDREWS, Lorrin, missionary, was born at East Windsor, Conn., April 29, 1795. He was graduated from Jefferson college, Kentucky, and Princeton theological seminary, and was ordained by the presbytery of New Jersey. In 1827 he went as missionary to the Hawaiian Islands, under the direction of the American board of foreign missions, where he mastered the language and founded a school, and from 1831 to 1841 taught in the seminary, which became the Hawaii university. In 1840 anti-slavery scruples caused him to sever his connection with the American board, and he acted as Seamen's chaplain at Lahaina. In 1845 the government of the Islands appointed him a judge and secretary of the privy council, which offices he held until 1855. Among his published literary works may be noted a Hawaiian dictionary, a translation of parts of the Bible into the Hawaiian language, and some works on the antiquities of the Sandwich Islands. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the college of New Jersey in 1858. Dr. Andrews died at Honolulu, Sept. 29, 1868.