![]() The rebels proved no match for the Republic troops and police, and shortly after hostilities began, all those involved in the rebellion were routed and captured. Prince of the Kalākaua dynasty Īt age twenty-four, he participated in the 1895 Wilcox rebellion against the Republic of Hawaiʻi. In September 1890, Kawānanakoa and Kūhiō became the first surfers in the British Isles and taught their English tutor John Wrightson to surf on the beaches of Bridlington in northern England. The brothers demonstrated the Hawaiian sport of board surfing to the locals, becoming the first California surfers in 1885. While attending school in San Mateo, Kūhiō and his brothers surfed the Pacific seashore at Santa Cruz. He was described as an excellent marksman and athlete at sports such as football and cycling. This came a year after their cousin Kaʻiulani was also sent to England for school He studied at the Royal Agricultural College in England before graduating from business school in England. ![]() In 1890, Kūhiō and Kawānanakoa were sent to attend schools in the United Kingdom. Keliʻiahonui died in 1887 while at home from school. The Hawaiian government sent Kūhiō and his two brothers Kawānanakoa and Keliʻiahonui to attend Saint Matthew's School in San Mateo, California in 1885. His uncle King Kalākaua pushed for future Hawaiian leaders to attain a broader education with his 1880 Hawaiian Youths Abroad program. Īfter completing his basic education he traveled abroad for further study. The nickname, "Prince Cupid", stuck with Prince Kūhiō for the rest of his life. "He is so cute, just like the pictures of the little cupid", teacher Pierre Jones said. Alban's, commented on how the young man's eyes twinkled merrily and how he kept a perpetual smile. In the 1870s, a French school teacher at St. Alban's College, now ʻIolani School and Oahu College, now Punahou School, in Honolulu on the island of Oʻahu. His Hawaiian name Kuhio translated into "Chief who leaned forward as he stood," and "Kalanianaʻole" meant "ambitious Chief," or "Chief who is never satisfied." Education He was named after his maternal grandfather Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, a High Chief of Hilo, and his paternal grandfather Jonah Piʻikoi, a High Chief of Kauaʻi. Like many aliʻi (Hawaiian nobility) his genealogy was complex, but he was an heir of Kaumualiʻi, the last ruling chief of Kauaʻi. Kalanianaʻole was born March 26, 1871, in Kukui‘ula, Kōloa on the island of Kauaʻi.
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