</s> ▁Bo az ▁Mah une ▁( d ied ▁ 1 8 4 7 ) ▁was ▁a ▁ 1 9 th - century ▁politician ▁and ▁civil ▁servant ▁of ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Hawai i . ▁He ▁helped ▁contribute ▁to ▁the ▁writing ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 8 4 0 ▁Constitution ▁of ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Hawai i ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁its ▁pre am ble ▁the ▁He ▁Ole lo ▁Ho ak aka , ▁or ▁the ▁Dec laration ▁of ▁Rights ▁of ▁ 1 8 3 9 . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Born ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 8 0 0 s , ▁Mah une ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁less er ▁str ata ▁of ▁Hawai ian ▁nob ility , ▁sub ordinate ▁to ▁the ▁high ▁chief s ▁or ▁ali ʻ i . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁cousin ▁of ▁Paul ▁K ano a , ▁who ▁served ▁as ▁Governor ▁of ▁K au ai ▁from ▁ 1 8 4 6 ▁to ▁ 1 8 7 7 . ▁He ▁adopted ▁the ▁name ▁" Bo az " ▁from ▁the ▁Bib lic al ▁figure ▁after ▁his ▁conversion ▁to ▁Christian ity . ▁It ▁was ▁often ▁sp elled ▁as ▁Bo as . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁class ▁of ▁L ah ain al una ▁Sem inary ▁under ▁the ▁school ' s ▁first ▁principal ▁Lor rin ▁Andrew s . ▁His ▁class m ates ▁included ▁historian ▁David ▁Mal o , ▁royal ▁ad visor ▁Jon ah ▁Kap ena , ▁and ▁royal ▁diplom at ▁Tim othy ▁Ha ʻ al ilio . ▁Gr adu ating ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 5 ,