David Dwight Baldwin
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David Dwight Baldwin was a businessman, educator, and biologist on Maui
in the Hawaiian islands
. Within biology he is known for his contributions to the study of Hawaiian land snails, part of malacology
.
(1798–1886), and his mother was Charlotte Fowler Baldwin (1805–1873). After a few years living in Waimea, the family moved to the island of Maui
around 1837. From 1841 through 1851, Baldwin attended Punahou School
in Honolulu, and graduated from Yale
in 1857.
He married Lois Gregory Morris (1837–1924) on October 7 of that year at Bridgeport, Connecticut
. The couple returned to the Kingdom of Hawaii
in 1858, and had nine children, although one died young.
From 1860 to 1862 Baldwin served in the Kingdom House of Representatives
. Around 1865 he became manager of the sugarcane plantation
in Kohala
on the northern coast of Hawaiii Island
. This plantation had been founded by the missionary Elias Bond
.
In 1872 Baldwin and his family lived in New Haven, Connecticut
while he worked in the Yale Law School
library and earned his Master of Arts
degree. On his return to Hawaii he started an almost 40-year association with the education department of the Hawaiian government.
He was vice-principal of Lahainaluna School from 1874 to 1877.
While he was inspector-general of the schools from 1877 to 1885, instruction was changed from the Hawaiian language
to English.
Baldwin returned to Lahainaluna and served as vice-principal again until 1890.
In 1890 he moved to Haʻikū
where his younger brother Henry Perrine Baldwin
(1842–1911) had founded the agricultural venture Alexander & Baldwin
with his brother-in-law Samuel Thomas Alexander
(1836–1904). He organized a small school for the plantation employees. Baldwin had earlier published a list of Hawaiian mosses and liverworts (hepatic plants, or Hepaticae in Latin
).
), specifically the study of Hawaiian land snails, some of which he named and described. In addition, several land snail species in the family Achatinellidae
were named in honor of him, as well as a subgenus Baldwinia of the genus Partulina
.
He produced the first catalog of Hawaiian land snails and freshwater snail
s in 1893.
His schoolmate from Punahou, J. T. Gulick, had published early theories of evolution
which were based on their mollusc shell
collections.
In the Hawaiian language
, the word for any kind of snail is pūpū. The same word also referred to small bits of fish, chicken, or banana relish
served with kava
. Because of the mixture of various cultures and cuisines in the islands, the word pupu became associated with any relish, appetizer, canapé
, or hors d'oeuvre, and the modern pu pu platter
.
on Maui. Three years later, Belle Dickey, who was the niece of both a brother-in-law and a sister-in-law of Baldwin, married James Dole
, who popularized Hawaiian pineapple.
After a cancer operation in February 1911, Baldwin died on June 16, 1912 at the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu. His remains were shipped to Maui and buried at the Makawao Union Church
cemetery.
Land snails:
David Dwight Baldwin (26 November 1831, Honolulu – 16 June 1912, Honolulu) was a businessman, educator, and biologist on Maui
in the Hawaiian islands
. Within biology he is known for his contributions to the study of Hawaiian land snails, part of malacology
.
(1798–1886), and his mother was Charlotte Fowler Baldwin (1805–1873). After a few years living in Waimea, the family moved to the island of Maui
around 1837. From 1841 through 1851, Baldwin attended Punahou School
in Honolulu, and graduated from Yale
in 1857.
He married Lois Gregory Morris (1837–1924) on October 7 of that year at Bridgeport, Connecticut
. The couple returned to the Kingdom of Hawaii
in 1858, and had nine children, although one died young.
From 1860 to 1862 Baldwin served in the Kingdom House of Representatives
. Around 1865 he became manager of the sugarcane plantation
in Kohala
on the northern coast of Hawaiii Island
. This plantation had been founded by the missionary Elias Bond
.
In 1872 Baldwin and his family lived in New Haven, Connecticut
while he worked in the Yale Law School
library and earned his Master of Arts
degree. On his return to Hawaii he started an almost 40-year association with the education department of the Hawaiian government.
He was vice-principal of Lahainaluna School from 1874 to 1877.
While he was inspector-general of the schools from 1877 to 1885, instruction was changed from the Hawaiian language
to English.
Baldwin returned to Lahainaluna and served as vice-principal again until 1890.
In 1890 he moved to Haʻikū
where his younger brother Henry Perrine Baldwin
(1842–1911) had founded the agricultural venture Alexander & Baldwin
with his brother-in-law Samuel Thomas Alexander
(1836–1904). He organized a small school for the plantation employees. Baldwin had earlier published a list of Hawaiian mosses and liverworts (hepatic plants, or Hepaticae in Latin
).
), specifically the study of Hawaiian land snails, some of which he named and described. In addition, several land snail species in the family Achatinellidae
were named in honor of him, as well as a subgenus Baldwinia of the genus Partulina
.
He produced the first catalog of Hawaiian land snails and freshwater snail
s in 1893.
His schoolmate from Punahou, J. T. Gulick, had published early theories of evolution
which were based on their mollusc shell
collections.
In the Hawaiian language
, the word for any kind of snail is pūpū. The same word also referred to small bits of fish, chicken, or banana relish
served with kava
. Because of the mixture of various cultures and cuisines in the islands, the word pupu became associated with any relish, appetizer, canapé
, or hors d'oeuvre, and the modern pu pu platter
.
on Maui. Three years later, Belle Dickey, who was the niece of both a brother-in-law and a sister-in-law of Baldwin, married James Dole
, who popularized Hawaiian pineapple.
After a cancer operation in February 1911, Baldwin died on June 16, 1912 at the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu. His remains were shipped to Maui and buried at the Makawao Union Church
cemetery.
Land snails:
David Dwight Baldwin (26 November 1831, Honolulu – 16 June 1912, Honolulu) was a businessman, educator, and biologist on Maui
in the Hawaiian islands
. Within biology he is known for his contributions to the study of Hawaiian land snails, part of malacology
.
(1798–1886), and his mother was Charlotte Fowler Baldwin (1805–1873). After a few years living in Waimea, the family moved to the island of Maui
around 1837. From 1841 through 1851, Baldwin attended Punahou School
in Honolulu, and graduated from Yale
in 1857.
He married Lois Gregory Morris (1837–1924) on October 7 of that year at Bridgeport, Connecticut
. The couple returned to the Kingdom of Hawaii
in 1858, and had nine children, although one died young.
From 1860 to 1862 Baldwin served in the Kingdom House of Representatives
. Around 1865 he became manager of the sugarcane plantation
in Kohala
on the northern coast of Hawaiii Island
. This plantation had been founded by the missionary Elias Bond
.
In 1872 Baldwin and his family lived in New Haven, Connecticut
while he worked in the Yale Law School
library and earned his Master of Arts
degree. On his return to Hawaii he started an almost 40-year association with the education department of the Hawaiian government.
He was vice-principal of Lahainaluna School from 1874 to 1877.
While he was inspector-general of the schools from 1877 to 1885, instruction was changed from the Hawaiian language
to English.
Baldwin returned to Lahainaluna and served as vice-principal again until 1890.
In 1890 he moved to Haʻikū
where his younger brother Henry Perrine Baldwin
(1842–1911) had founded the agricultural venture Alexander & Baldwin
with his brother-in-law Samuel Thomas Alexander
(1836–1904). He organized a small school for the plantation employees. Baldwin had earlier published a list of Hawaiian mosses and liverworts (hepatic plants, or Hepaticae in Latin
).
), specifically the study of Hawaiian land snails, some of which he named and described. In addition, several land snail species in the family Achatinellidae
were named in honor of him, as well as a subgenus Baldwinia of the genus Partulina
.
He produced the first catalog of Hawaiian land snails and freshwater snail
s in 1893.
His schoolmate from Punahou, J. T. Gulick, had published early theories of evolution
which were based on their mollusc shell
collections.
In the Hawaiian language
, the word for any kind of snail is pūpū. The same word also referred to small bits of fish, chicken, or banana relish
served with kava
. Because of the mixture of various cultures and cuisines in the islands, the word pupu became associated with any relish, appetizer, canapé
, or hors d'oeuvre, and the modern pu pu platter
.
on Maui. Three years later, Belle Dickey, who was the niece of both a brother-in-law and a sister-in-law of Baldwin, married James Dole
, who popularized Hawaiian pineapple.
After a cancer operation in February 1911, Baldwin died on June 16, 1912 at the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu. His remains were shipped to Maui and buried at the Makawao Union Church
cemetery.
Land snails:
Freshwater snails:
Sea snails:
Bivalves:
Son Erdman Dwight Baldwin was born December 9, 1859, married Nellie Virginia Curtis, became a Civil Engineer and died July 11, 1942.
He surveyed Mauna Kea
and published one of the first maps of its summit in 1891.
Son Charles Wickliffe Baldwin was born December 20, 1860. In 1909 he married Olive Elvira Steele (1873–1970) at Los Altos, California
. He became a principal at various schools on Maui, and published a textbook on Hawaiian geography in 1908.
His book was revised and republished several times.
Son Lincoln Mansfield Baldwin was born August 19, 1863. He married Ellen Milbourne Dickinson on August 7, 1891 and had four children. He worked for a while in the sugar business and a store. In 1894 he became deputy sheriff of Maui. In November 1896 he was appointed sheriff of Maui island, where he served for 14 years. In 1910 he became treasurer of Maui County, and died on November 18, 1919.
Son Benjamin Douglas Baldwin was born April 12, 1868, managed sugar plantations on Maui and Kauai.
Son William Atwater Baldwin was born July 20, 1869, became manager of three different sugar plantations and then President of Haiku Fruit & Packing Company. In 1902 he married Mina Prime at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
.
The Baldwin holdings would eventually evolve into the Maui Land & Pineapple Company
.
Baldwin relatives were involved in the company until 2005.
Daughter Mary W. ("May") Baldwin (1871–1961) married Duncan Bell Murdoch (1860–1964).
Daughter Winifred Morris Baldwin married Physician John Weddick in October 1896.
Son Nathaniel Hewitt Baldwin was born in 1873 but died age six.
His snail collection was a featured display at the Bailey House Museum
.
Henry Augustus Pilsbry
called Baldwin "the Nestor
of Hawaiian conchologists".
Maui
The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
in the Hawaiian islands
Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and undersea seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll...
. Within biology he is known for his contributions to the study of Hawaiian land snails, part of malacology
Malacology
Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology which deals with the study of the Mollusca , the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, octopus and squid, and numerous other kinds, many of which have shells...
.
Life
David Dwight Baldwin was born November 26, 1831 in Honolulu. His father was early missionary doctor Dwight BaldwinDwight Baldwin (missionary)
Dwight Baldwin was an American Christian missionary and physician on Maui, one of the Hawaiian Islands, during the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was patriarch of a family that founded some of the largest businesses in the islands.-Life:...
(1798–1886), and his mother was Charlotte Fowler Baldwin (1805–1873). After a few years living in Waimea, the family moved to the island of Maui
Maui
The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
around 1837. From 1841 through 1851, Baldwin attended Punahou School
Punahou School
Punahou School, once known as Oahu College, is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school located in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu in the U.S. State of Hawaii...
in Honolulu, and graduated from Yale
YALE
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in 1857.
He married Lois Gregory Morris (1837–1924) on October 7 of that year at Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...
. The couple returned to the Kingdom of Hawaii
Kingdom of Hawaii
The Kingdom of Hawaii was established during the years 1795 to 1810 with the subjugation of the smaller independent chiefdoms of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lānai, Kauai and Niihau by the chiefdom of Hawaii into one unified government...
in 1858, and had nine children, although one died young.
From 1860 to 1862 Baldwin served in the Kingdom House of Representatives
Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom
The Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom was the bicameral legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii. A royal legislature was first provided by the 1840 Constitution and the 1852 Constitution was the first to use the term "Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom", and the first to subject the monarch to...
. Around 1865 he became manager of the sugarcane plantation
Sugar plantations in Hawaii
Sugarcane was introduced to Hawaii by its first inhabitants in approximately 600 AD and was observed by Captain Cook upon arrival in the islands in 1778. Sugar quickly turned into a big business and generated rapid population growth in the islands with 337,000 people immigrating over the span of a...
in Kohala
Kohala, Hawaii
thumb|right|300px|The districts of the [[Hawaii |Big Island]]. From Northernmost, clockwise; Kohala , [[Hamakua|Hāmākua]], [[Hilo, Hawaii|Hilo]], [[Puna, Hawaii|Puna]], [[Kau, Hawaii|Kaū]], [[Kona District, Hawaii|Kona]]...
on the northern coast of Hawaiii Island
Hawaii (island)
The Island of Hawaii, also called the Big Island or Hawaii Island , is a volcanic island in the North Pacific Ocean...
. This plantation had been founded by the missionary Elias Bond
Elias Bond
The Bond District is a collection of historic buildings located in the district of North Kohala on the island of Hawaii.The district has three sections: the homestead of missionaries Ellen and Reverend Elias Bond , Kalahikiola Church, and the Kohala Seminary.-Ellen and Elias Bond:Elias Bond was...
.
In 1872 Baldwin and his family lived in New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
while he worked in the Yale Law School
Yale Law School
Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
library and earned his Master of Arts
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
degree. On his return to Hawaii he started an almost 40-year association with the education department of the Hawaiian government.
He was vice-principal of Lahainaluna School from 1874 to 1877.
While he was inspector-general of the schools from 1877 to 1885, instruction was changed from the Hawaiian language
Hawaiian language
The Hawaiian language is a Polynesian language that takes its name from Hawaii, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language of the state of Hawaii...
to English.
Baldwin returned to Lahainaluna and served as vice-principal again until 1890.
In 1890 he moved to Haʻikū
Haiku, Hawaii
Haiku is an unincorporated community in Maui County on the island of Maui in the state of Hawaii. For United States Census purposes, it is part of the Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii census-designated place, which also includes Pauwela....
where his younger brother Henry Perrine Baldwin
Henry Perrine Baldwin
Henry Perrine Baldwin was a businessman and politician on Maui in the Hawaiian islands. He supervised the construction of the East Maui Irrigation System and co-founded Alexander & Baldwin, one of the "Big Five" corporations that dominated the economy of the Territory of Hawaii.-Life:Henry Perrine...
(1842–1911) had founded the agricultural venture Alexander & Baldwin
Alexander & Baldwin
Following World War II, the company entered a new business: land development and real estate. The company formed a new subsidiary, the Kahului Development Co., to develop housing in the Kahului area. In the following years, the company became more involved in the development of its land and the...
with his brother-in-law Samuel Thomas Alexander
Samuel Thomas Alexander
Samuel Thomas Alexander co-founded a major agricultural and transportation business in the Kingdom of Hawaii.-Early life:In November 1831, the Reverend William Patterson Alexander and Mary Ann McKinney Alexander arrived in April 1832 as missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands...
(1836–1904). He organized a small school for the plantation employees. Baldwin had earlier published a list of Hawaiian mosses and liverworts (hepatic plants, or Hepaticae in Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
).
Malacology
In the 1890s he devoted much of his time to studying mollusks (malacologyMalacology
Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology which deals with the study of the Mollusca , the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, octopus and squid, and numerous other kinds, many of which have shells...
), specifically the study of Hawaiian land snails, some of which he named and described. In addition, several land snail species in the family Achatinellidae
Achatinellidae
Achatinellidae is a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinelloidea.- Taxonomy :...
were named in honor of him, as well as a subgenus Baldwinia of the genus Partulina
Partulina
Partulina is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae.-Species:Species within the genus Partulina include:* Partulina confusa* Partulina crassa...
.
He produced the first catalog of Hawaiian land snails and freshwater snail
Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
s in 1893.
His schoolmate from Punahou, J. T. Gulick, had published early theories of evolution
Evolution
Evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.Life on Earth...
which were based on their mollusc shell
Mollusc shell
The mollusc shell is typically a calcareous exoskeleton which encloses, supports and protects the soft parts of an animal in the phylum Mollusca, which includes snails, clams, tusk shells, and several other classes...
collections.
In the Hawaiian language
Hawaiian language
The Hawaiian language is a Polynesian language that takes its name from Hawaii, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language of the state of Hawaii...
, the word for any kind of snail is pūpū. The same word also referred to small bits of fish, chicken, or banana relish
Relish
A relish is a cooked, pickled, or chopped vegetable or fruit food item which is typically used as a condiment.In North America, relish commonly alludes to sweet pickle relish-like sauce that often condiments hot dogs, hamburgers and other types of fast food.-Description and ingredients:The item...
served with kava
Kava
Kava or kava-kava is a crop of the western Pacific....
. Because of the mixture of various cultures and cuisines in the islands, the word pupu became associated with any relish, appetizer, canapé
Canapé
A canapé is a small, prepared and usually decorative food, held in the fingers and often eaten in one bite.- Details :...
, or hors d'oeuvre, and the modern pu pu platter
Pu pu platter
A Pu Pu platter, Pu-Pu platter or pupu platter is a tray of American Chinese cuisine consisting of an assortment of small meat and seafood appetizers...
.
Retirement and last years
Upon David Baldwin's retirement from teaching in 1903, the Baldwin brothers (David and Henry) invested in the first commercial cultivation of pineapplePineapple
Pineapple is the common name for a tropical plant and its edible fruit, which is actually a multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries. It was given the name pineapple due to its resemblance to a pine cone. The pineapple is by far the most economically important plant in the Bromeliaceae...
on Maui. Three years later, Belle Dickey, who was the niece of both a brother-in-law and a sister-in-law of Baldwin, married James Dole
James Dole
James Drummond Dole , also known as the "Pineapple King'", was an American industrialist who developed the pineapple industry in Hawaii and established the Hawaiian Pineapple Company. Hawaiian Pineapple Company, or HAPCO, was later reorganized to become the Dole Food Company, which now does...
, who popularized Hawaiian pineapple.
After a cancer operation in February 1911, Baldwin died on June 16, 1912 at the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu. His remains were shipped to Maui and buried at the Makawao Union Church
Makawao Union Church
Makawao Union Church is a church near Makawao on the Hawaiian island of Maui. It was founded by New England missionary Jonathan Smith Green during the Kingdom of Hawaii. The third historic structure used by the congregation was designed by noted local architect C.W. Dickey and dedicated in 1917 as...
cemetery.
Taxa named by him
Gastropods (land snails):- Achatinella apexfulvaAchatinella apexfulvaAchatinella apexfulva is a species of colorful, tropical, tree-living, air-breathing, land snail, an arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae.Achatinella apexfulva is the type species of the genus Achatinella....
cookei Baldwin, 1895 - Achatinella mustelinaAchatinella mustelinaAchatinella mustelina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to the Waianae Range of the island of Oahu, Hawaii....
lymaniana Baldwin, 1895 - Newcombia canaliculataNewcombia canaliculataNewcombia canaliculata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii, the United States....
Baldwin, 1905 - Partulina doleiPartulina doleiPartulina dolei is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii, in the United States....
Baldwin, 1895 - Kauaia knudseni Baldwin, 1895
Taxa named in his honor
The following mollusks were named in honor of Baldwin.Land snails:
- Nesopupa baldwiniNesopupa baldwiniNesopupa baldwini is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii....
Ancey, 1904
- Leptachatina baldwini Cooke, 1910
- Pacificella baldwini
David Dwight Baldwin (26 November 1831, Honolulu – 16 June 1912, Honolulu) was a businessman, educator, and biologist on Maui
Maui
The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
in the Hawaiian islands
Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and undersea seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll...
. Within biology he is known for his contributions to the study of Hawaiian land snails, part of malacology
Malacology
Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology which deals with the study of the Mollusca , the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, octopus and squid, and numerous other kinds, many of which have shells...
.
Life
David Dwight Baldwin was born November 26, 1831 in Honolulu. His father was early missionary doctor Dwight BaldwinDwight Baldwin (missionary)
Dwight Baldwin was an American Christian missionary and physician on Maui, one of the Hawaiian Islands, during the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was patriarch of a family that founded some of the largest businesses in the islands.-Life:...
(1798–1886), and his mother was Charlotte Fowler Baldwin (1805–1873). After a few years living in Waimea, the family moved to the island of Maui
Maui
The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
around 1837. From 1841 through 1851, Baldwin attended Punahou School
Punahou School
Punahou School, once known as Oahu College, is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school located in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu in the U.S. State of Hawaii...
in Honolulu, and graduated from Yale
YALE
RapidMiner, formerly YALE , is an environment for machine learning, data mining, text mining, predictive analytics, and business analytics. It is used for research, education, training, rapid prototyping, application development, and industrial applications...
in 1857.
He married Lois Gregory Morris (1837–1924) on October 7 of that year at Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...
. The couple returned to the Kingdom of Hawaii
Kingdom of Hawaii
The Kingdom of Hawaii was established during the years 1795 to 1810 with the subjugation of the smaller independent chiefdoms of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lānai, Kauai and Niihau by the chiefdom of Hawaii into one unified government...
in 1858, and had nine children, although one died young.
From 1860 to 1862 Baldwin served in the Kingdom House of Representatives
Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom
The Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom was the bicameral legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii. A royal legislature was first provided by the 1840 Constitution and the 1852 Constitution was the first to use the term "Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom", and the first to subject the monarch to...
. Around 1865 he became manager of the sugarcane plantation
Sugar plantations in Hawaii
Sugarcane was introduced to Hawaii by its first inhabitants in approximately 600 AD and was observed by Captain Cook upon arrival in the islands in 1778. Sugar quickly turned into a big business and generated rapid population growth in the islands with 337,000 people immigrating over the span of a...
in Kohala
Kohala, Hawaii
thumb|right|300px|The districts of the [[Hawaii |Big Island]]. From Northernmost, clockwise; Kohala , [[Hamakua|Hāmākua]], [[Hilo, Hawaii|Hilo]], [[Puna, Hawaii|Puna]], [[Kau, Hawaii|Kaū]], [[Kona District, Hawaii|Kona]]...
on the northern coast of Hawaiii Island
Hawaii (island)
The Island of Hawaii, also called the Big Island or Hawaii Island , is a volcanic island in the North Pacific Ocean...
. This plantation had been founded by the missionary Elias Bond
Elias Bond
The Bond District is a collection of historic buildings located in the district of North Kohala on the island of Hawaii.The district has three sections: the homestead of missionaries Ellen and Reverend Elias Bond , Kalahikiola Church, and the Kohala Seminary.-Ellen and Elias Bond:Elias Bond was...
.
In 1872 Baldwin and his family lived in New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
while he worked in the Yale Law School
Yale Law School
Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
library and earned his Master of Arts
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
degree. On his return to Hawaii he started an almost 40-year association with the education department of the Hawaiian government.
He was vice-principal of Lahainaluna School from 1874 to 1877.
While he was inspector-general of the schools from 1877 to 1885, instruction was changed from the Hawaiian language
Hawaiian language
The Hawaiian language is a Polynesian language that takes its name from Hawaii, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language of the state of Hawaii...
to English.
Baldwin returned to Lahainaluna and served as vice-principal again until 1890.
In 1890 he moved to Haʻikū
Haiku, Hawaii
Haiku is an unincorporated community in Maui County on the island of Maui in the state of Hawaii. For United States Census purposes, it is part of the Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii census-designated place, which also includes Pauwela....
where his younger brother Henry Perrine Baldwin
Henry Perrine Baldwin
Henry Perrine Baldwin was a businessman and politician on Maui in the Hawaiian islands. He supervised the construction of the East Maui Irrigation System and co-founded Alexander & Baldwin, one of the "Big Five" corporations that dominated the economy of the Territory of Hawaii.-Life:Henry Perrine...
(1842–1911) had founded the agricultural venture Alexander & Baldwin
Alexander & Baldwin
Following World War II, the company entered a new business: land development and real estate. The company formed a new subsidiary, the Kahului Development Co., to develop housing in the Kahului area. In the following years, the company became more involved in the development of its land and the...
with his brother-in-law Samuel Thomas Alexander
Samuel Thomas Alexander
Samuel Thomas Alexander co-founded a major agricultural and transportation business in the Kingdom of Hawaii.-Early life:In November 1831, the Reverend William Patterson Alexander and Mary Ann McKinney Alexander arrived in April 1832 as missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands...
(1836–1904). He organized a small school for the plantation employees. Baldwin had earlier published a list of Hawaiian mosses and liverworts (hepatic plants, or Hepaticae in Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
).
Malacology
In the 1890s he devoted much of his time to studying mollusks (malacologyMalacology
Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology which deals with the study of the Mollusca , the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, octopus and squid, and numerous other kinds, many of which have shells...
), specifically the study of Hawaiian land snails, some of which he named and described. In addition, several land snail species in the family Achatinellidae
Achatinellidae
Achatinellidae is a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinelloidea.- Taxonomy :...
were named in honor of him, as well as a subgenus Baldwinia of the genus Partulina
Partulina
Partulina is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae.-Species:Species within the genus Partulina include:* Partulina confusa* Partulina crassa...
.
He produced the first catalog of Hawaiian land snails and freshwater snail
Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
s in 1893.
His schoolmate from Punahou, J. T. Gulick, had published early theories of evolution
Evolution
Evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.Life on Earth...
which were based on their mollusc shell
Mollusc shell
The mollusc shell is typically a calcareous exoskeleton which encloses, supports and protects the soft parts of an animal in the phylum Mollusca, which includes snails, clams, tusk shells, and several other classes...
collections.
In the Hawaiian language
Hawaiian language
The Hawaiian language is a Polynesian language that takes its name from Hawaii, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language of the state of Hawaii...
, the word for any kind of snail is pūpū. The same word also referred to small bits of fish, chicken, or banana relish
Relish
A relish is a cooked, pickled, or chopped vegetable or fruit food item which is typically used as a condiment.In North America, relish commonly alludes to sweet pickle relish-like sauce that often condiments hot dogs, hamburgers and other types of fast food.-Description and ingredients:The item...
served with kava
Kava
Kava or kava-kava is a crop of the western Pacific....
. Because of the mixture of various cultures and cuisines in the islands, the word pupu became associated with any relish, appetizer, canapé
Canapé
A canapé is a small, prepared and usually decorative food, held in the fingers and often eaten in one bite.- Details :...
, or hors d'oeuvre, and the modern pu pu platter
Pu pu platter
A Pu Pu platter, Pu-Pu platter or pupu platter is a tray of American Chinese cuisine consisting of an assortment of small meat and seafood appetizers...
.
Retirement and last years
Upon David Baldwin's retirement from teaching in 1903, the Baldwin brothers (David and Henry) invested in the first commercial cultivation of pineapplePineapple
Pineapple is the common name for a tropical plant and its edible fruit, which is actually a multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries. It was given the name pineapple due to its resemblance to a pine cone. The pineapple is by far the most economically important plant in the Bromeliaceae...
on Maui. Three years later, Belle Dickey, who was the niece of both a brother-in-law and a sister-in-law of Baldwin, married James Dole
James Dole
James Drummond Dole , also known as the "Pineapple King'", was an American industrialist who developed the pineapple industry in Hawaii and established the Hawaiian Pineapple Company. Hawaiian Pineapple Company, or HAPCO, was later reorganized to become the Dole Food Company, which now does...
, who popularized Hawaiian pineapple.
After a cancer operation in February 1911, Baldwin died on June 16, 1912 at the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu. His remains were shipped to Maui and buried at the Makawao Union Church
Makawao Union Church
Makawao Union Church is a church near Makawao on the Hawaiian island of Maui. It was founded by New England missionary Jonathan Smith Green during the Kingdom of Hawaii. The third historic structure used by the congregation was designed by noted local architect C.W. Dickey and dedicated in 1917 as...
cemetery.
Taxa named by him
Gastropods (land snails):- Achatinella apexfulvaAchatinella apexfulvaAchatinella apexfulva is a species of colorful, tropical, tree-living, air-breathing, land snail, an arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae.Achatinella apexfulva is the type species of the genus Achatinella....
cookei Baldwin, 1895 - Achatinella mustelinaAchatinella mustelinaAchatinella mustelina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to the Waianae Range of the island of Oahu, Hawaii....
lymaniana Baldwin, 1895 - Newcombia canaliculataNewcombia canaliculataNewcombia canaliculata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii, the United States....
Baldwin, 1905 - Partulina doleiPartulina doleiPartulina dolei is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii, in the United States....
Baldwin, 1895 - Kauaia knudseni Baldwin, 1895
Taxa named in his honor
The following mollusks were named in honor of Baldwin.Land snails:
- Nesopupa baldwiniNesopupa baldwiniNesopupa baldwini is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii....
Ancey, 1904
- Leptachatina baldwini Cooke, 1910
- Pacificella baldwini
David Dwight Baldwin (26 November 1831, Honolulu – 16 June 1912, Honolulu) was a businessman, educator, and biologist on Maui
Maui
The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
in the Hawaiian islands
Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and undersea seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll...
. Within biology he is known for his contributions to the study of Hawaiian land snails, part of malacology
Malacology
Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology which deals with the study of the Mollusca , the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, octopus and squid, and numerous other kinds, many of which have shells...
.
Life
David Dwight Baldwin was born November 26, 1831 in Honolulu. His father was early missionary doctor Dwight BaldwinDwight Baldwin (missionary)
Dwight Baldwin was an American Christian missionary and physician on Maui, one of the Hawaiian Islands, during the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was patriarch of a family that founded some of the largest businesses in the islands.-Life:...
(1798–1886), and his mother was Charlotte Fowler Baldwin (1805–1873). After a few years living in Waimea, the family moved to the island of Maui
Maui
The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
around 1837. From 1841 through 1851, Baldwin attended Punahou School
Punahou School
Punahou School, once known as Oahu College, is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school located in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu in the U.S. State of Hawaii...
in Honolulu, and graduated from Yale
YALE
RapidMiner, formerly YALE , is an environment for machine learning, data mining, text mining, predictive analytics, and business analytics. It is used for research, education, training, rapid prototyping, application development, and industrial applications...
in 1857.
He married Lois Gregory Morris (1837–1924) on October 7 of that year at Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...
. The couple returned to the Kingdom of Hawaii
Kingdom of Hawaii
The Kingdom of Hawaii was established during the years 1795 to 1810 with the subjugation of the smaller independent chiefdoms of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lānai, Kauai and Niihau by the chiefdom of Hawaii into one unified government...
in 1858, and had nine children, although one died young.
From 1860 to 1862 Baldwin served in the Kingdom House of Representatives
Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom
The Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom was the bicameral legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii. A royal legislature was first provided by the 1840 Constitution and the 1852 Constitution was the first to use the term "Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom", and the first to subject the monarch to...
. Around 1865 he became manager of the sugarcane plantation
Sugar plantations in Hawaii
Sugarcane was introduced to Hawaii by its first inhabitants in approximately 600 AD and was observed by Captain Cook upon arrival in the islands in 1778. Sugar quickly turned into a big business and generated rapid population growth in the islands with 337,000 people immigrating over the span of a...
in Kohala
Kohala, Hawaii
thumb|right|300px|The districts of the [[Hawaii |Big Island]]. From Northernmost, clockwise; Kohala , [[Hamakua|Hāmākua]], [[Hilo, Hawaii|Hilo]], [[Puna, Hawaii|Puna]], [[Kau, Hawaii|Kaū]], [[Kona District, Hawaii|Kona]]...
on the northern coast of Hawaiii Island
Hawaii (island)
The Island of Hawaii, also called the Big Island or Hawaii Island , is a volcanic island in the North Pacific Ocean...
. This plantation had been founded by the missionary Elias Bond
Elias Bond
The Bond District is a collection of historic buildings located in the district of North Kohala on the island of Hawaii.The district has three sections: the homestead of missionaries Ellen and Reverend Elias Bond , Kalahikiola Church, and the Kohala Seminary.-Ellen and Elias Bond:Elias Bond was...
.
In 1872 Baldwin and his family lived in New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
while he worked in the Yale Law School
Yale Law School
Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
library and earned his Master of Arts
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
degree. On his return to Hawaii he started an almost 40-year association with the education department of the Hawaiian government.
He was vice-principal of Lahainaluna School from 1874 to 1877.
While he was inspector-general of the schools from 1877 to 1885, instruction was changed from the Hawaiian language
Hawaiian language
The Hawaiian language is a Polynesian language that takes its name from Hawaii, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language of the state of Hawaii...
to English.
Baldwin returned to Lahainaluna and served as vice-principal again until 1890.
In 1890 he moved to Haʻikū
Haiku, Hawaii
Haiku is an unincorporated community in Maui County on the island of Maui in the state of Hawaii. For United States Census purposes, it is part of the Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii census-designated place, which also includes Pauwela....
where his younger brother Henry Perrine Baldwin
Henry Perrine Baldwin
Henry Perrine Baldwin was a businessman and politician on Maui in the Hawaiian islands. He supervised the construction of the East Maui Irrigation System and co-founded Alexander & Baldwin, one of the "Big Five" corporations that dominated the economy of the Territory of Hawaii.-Life:Henry Perrine...
(1842–1911) had founded the agricultural venture Alexander & Baldwin
Alexander & Baldwin
Following World War II, the company entered a new business: land development and real estate. The company formed a new subsidiary, the Kahului Development Co., to develop housing in the Kahului area. In the following years, the company became more involved in the development of its land and the...
with his brother-in-law Samuel Thomas Alexander
Samuel Thomas Alexander
Samuel Thomas Alexander co-founded a major agricultural and transportation business in the Kingdom of Hawaii.-Early life:In November 1831, the Reverend William Patterson Alexander and Mary Ann McKinney Alexander arrived in April 1832 as missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands...
(1836–1904). He organized a small school for the plantation employees. Baldwin had earlier published a list of Hawaiian mosses and liverworts (hepatic plants, or Hepaticae in Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
).
Malacology
In the 1890s he devoted much of his time to studying mollusks (malacologyMalacology
Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology which deals with the study of the Mollusca , the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, octopus and squid, and numerous other kinds, many of which have shells...
), specifically the study of Hawaiian land snails, some of which he named and described. In addition, several land snail species in the family Achatinellidae
Achatinellidae
Achatinellidae is a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinelloidea.- Taxonomy :...
were named in honor of him, as well as a subgenus Baldwinia of the genus Partulina
Partulina
Partulina is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae.-Species:Species within the genus Partulina include:* Partulina confusa* Partulina crassa...
.
He produced the first catalog of Hawaiian land snails and freshwater snail
Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
s in 1893.
His schoolmate from Punahou, J. T. Gulick, had published early theories of evolution
Evolution
Evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.Life on Earth...
which were based on their mollusc shell
Mollusc shell
The mollusc shell is typically a calcareous exoskeleton which encloses, supports and protects the soft parts of an animal in the phylum Mollusca, which includes snails, clams, tusk shells, and several other classes...
collections.
In the Hawaiian language
Hawaiian language
The Hawaiian language is a Polynesian language that takes its name from Hawaii, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language of the state of Hawaii...
, the word for any kind of snail is pūpū. The same word also referred to small bits of fish, chicken, or banana relish
Relish
A relish is a cooked, pickled, or chopped vegetable or fruit food item which is typically used as a condiment.In North America, relish commonly alludes to sweet pickle relish-like sauce that often condiments hot dogs, hamburgers and other types of fast food.-Description and ingredients:The item...
served with kava
Kava
Kava or kava-kava is a crop of the western Pacific....
. Because of the mixture of various cultures and cuisines in the islands, the word pupu became associated with any relish, appetizer, canapé
Canapé
A canapé is a small, prepared and usually decorative food, held in the fingers and often eaten in one bite.- Details :...
, or hors d'oeuvre, and the modern pu pu platter
Pu pu platter
A Pu Pu platter, Pu-Pu platter or pupu platter is a tray of American Chinese cuisine consisting of an assortment of small meat and seafood appetizers...
.
Retirement and last years
Upon David Baldwin's retirement from teaching in 1903, the Baldwin brothers (David and Henry) invested in the first commercial cultivation of pineapplePineapple
Pineapple is the common name for a tropical plant and its edible fruit, which is actually a multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries. It was given the name pineapple due to its resemblance to a pine cone. The pineapple is by far the most economically important plant in the Bromeliaceae...
on Maui. Three years later, Belle Dickey, who was the niece of both a brother-in-law and a sister-in-law of Baldwin, married James Dole
James Dole
James Drummond Dole , also known as the "Pineapple King'", was an American industrialist who developed the pineapple industry in Hawaii and established the Hawaiian Pineapple Company. Hawaiian Pineapple Company, or HAPCO, was later reorganized to become the Dole Food Company, which now does...
, who popularized Hawaiian pineapple.
After a cancer operation in February 1911, Baldwin died on June 16, 1912 at the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu. His remains were shipped to Maui and buried at the Makawao Union Church
Makawao Union Church
Makawao Union Church is a church near Makawao on the Hawaiian island of Maui. It was founded by New England missionary Jonathan Smith Green during the Kingdom of Hawaii. The third historic structure used by the congregation was designed by noted local architect C.W. Dickey and dedicated in 1917 as...
cemetery.
Taxa named by him
Gastropods (land snails):- Achatinella apexfulvaAchatinella apexfulvaAchatinella apexfulva is a species of colorful, tropical, tree-living, air-breathing, land snail, an arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae.Achatinella apexfulva is the type species of the genus Achatinella....
cookei Baldwin, 1895 - Achatinella mustelinaAchatinella mustelinaAchatinella mustelina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to the Waianae Range of the island of Oahu, Hawaii....
lymaniana Baldwin, 1895 - Newcombia canaliculataNewcombia canaliculataNewcombia canaliculata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii, the United States....
Baldwin, 1905 - Partulina doleiPartulina doleiPartulina dolei is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii, in the United States....
Baldwin, 1895 - Kauaia knudseni Baldwin, 1895
Taxa named in his honor
The following mollusks were named in honor of Baldwin.Land snails:
- Nesopupa baldwiniNesopupa baldwiniNesopupa baldwini is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii....
Ancey, 1904
- Leptachatina baldwini Cooke, 1910
- Pacificella baldwini
- Cecilioides baldwini (Ancey, 1892)
- Catinella baldwini (Ancey, 1889)
- Orobophana baldwini
Freshwater snails:
- Thiara baldwini (Ancey, 1899)
Sea snails:
- Mitra (Strigatella) baldwinii Melvill, 1899 is a synonym of Vexillum (Pusia) moelleriVexillum moelleriVexillum moelleri is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters....
(Küster, 1840) - Murex cyclostoma var. baldwiniana Pilsbry, 1921 is a synonym of Favartia (Favartia) garrettiiFavartia garrettiiFavartia garrettii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Pease, 1868)
Bivalves:
- Solecurtus baldwini Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Children
Daughter Lillian Baldwin (1858–1953) married Frank E. Atwater (1851–1919).Son Erdman Dwight Baldwin was born December 9, 1859, married Nellie Virginia Curtis, became a Civil Engineer and died July 11, 1942.
He surveyed Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea is a volcano on the island of Hawaii. Standing above sea level, its peak is the highest point in the state of Hawaii. However, much of the mountain is under water; when measured from its oceanic base, Mauna Kea is over tall—significantly taller than Mount Everest...
and published one of the first maps of its summit in 1891.
Son Charles Wickliffe Baldwin was born December 20, 1860. In 1909 he married Olive Elvira Steele (1873–1970) at Los Altos, California
Los Altos, California
Los Altos is a city at the southern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The city is in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 28,976 according to the 2010 census....
. He became a principal at various schools on Maui, and published a textbook on Hawaiian geography in 1908.
His book was revised and republished several times.
Son Lincoln Mansfield Baldwin was born August 19, 1863. He married Ellen Milbourne Dickinson on August 7, 1891 and had four children. He worked for a while in the sugar business and a store. In 1894 he became deputy sheriff of Maui. In November 1896 he was appointed sheriff of Maui island, where he served for 14 years. In 1910 he became treasurer of Maui County, and died on November 18, 1919.
Son Benjamin Douglas Baldwin was born April 12, 1868, managed sugar plantations on Maui and Kauai.
Son William Atwater Baldwin was born July 20, 1869, became manager of three different sugar plantations and then President of Haiku Fruit & Packing Company. In 1902 he married Mina Prime at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...
.
The Baldwin holdings would eventually evolve into the Maui Land & Pineapple Company
Maui Land & Pineapple Company
Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. is a land holding and operating company founded in 1909 and based in Maui, Hawaii, United States. It owns approximately on the island of Maui. It develops, sells, and manages residential, resort, commercial and industrial real estate; and operates retail, golf...
.
Baldwin relatives were involved in the company until 2005.
Daughter Mary W. ("May") Baldwin (1871–1961) married Duncan Bell Murdoch (1860–1964).
Daughter Winifred Morris Baldwin married Physician John Weddick in October 1896.
Son Nathaniel Hewitt Baldwin was born in 1873 but died age six.
His snail collection was a featured display at the Bailey House Museum
Bailey House Museum
The Bailey House Museum, also known as Old Bailey House, is a museum of Hawaiian history located in Wailuku, Hawaii, on the island of Maui, owned and operated by the Maui Historical Society.-The building:...
.
Henry Augustus Pilsbry
Henry Augustus Pilsbry
Henry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century...
called Baldwin "the Nestor
Nestor (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Nestor of Gerenia was the son of Neleus and Chloris and the King of Pylos. He became king after Heracles killed Neleus and all of Nestor's siblings...
of Hawaiian conchologists".