Martin Baldwin Kittel (6 January 1796/7/8 - 1885) known as Martin Balduin, and Baldwin Martin, was born in Aschaffenburg on the 6 January, the year given variously as 1796/7/8, in "humble circumstances". He passed his baccalaureate in 1816, and enrolled to study philosophy at the University of Würzburg. He was made a Doctor of Medicine in Munich in 1822, although he never practiced as a doctor. Three years later, he travelled to Paris to study science, and in 1831 was appointed professor at the Lyceum Aschaffenburger, where he remained until his retirement in 1873. A man of great industry, he also applied himself to the study of botany, geology, local history, and art history.
He married Hulda Wilhelmine Leske (1819-1842); they had one child, a daughter, Petra Katharina. A man noted for his humility, Kittel died on 24 July 1885, and was buried in the old town cemetery in Aschaffenburg.
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