William Lowthian Green | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 17 February 1874 – 5 December 1876 | |
Monarch | Kalākaua |
Preceded by | Charles Reed Bishop |
Succeeded by | Henry A. P. Carter |
In office 22 September 1880 – 20 May 1882 | |
Preceded by | John Edward Bush |
Succeeded by | Walter M. Gibson |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 1 July 1887 – 22 July 1889 | |
Preceded by | Paul P. Kanoa |
Succeeded by | Samuel Mills Damon |
Prime Minister of Hawaii | |
In office September 29, 1880 – May 20, 1882 | |
Monarch | Kalākaua |
Preceded by | Kekūanaōʻa (as Kuhina Nui) |
Succeeded by | Walter M. Gibson |
Personal details | |
Born | London | 13 September 1819
Died | 7 December 1890 Honolulu | (aged 71)
Spouse | Anna McKibben |
Occupation | Businessman, diplomat |
William Lowthian Green (13 September 1819 – 7 December 1890) was an English adventurer and merchant who later became cabinet minister in the Kingdom of Hawaii. As an amateur geologist, he published a theory of the formation of the Earth called the tetrahedral hypothesis.