James Austin "Kimo" Wilder (May 22, 1868 – July 4, 1934) was an artist, writer, and scouting pioneer in Hawaii. Wilder was born on May 22, 1868, in Honolulu, Hawaii,[1] the son of shipping magnate Samuel Gardner Wilder. He had five siblings.
He became an artist and founded the first Boy Scout troop in Hawaii[3] with D. Howard Hitchcock, another artist who married Wilder's cousin.[4]
Wilder was active in Hawaii Scouting and traveled to the eastern United States where he developed Seascouting for older teen scouts and the Pine Tree Patrol System.[5] Seascouting was introduced in 1919.[6]
The James A. Wilder Residence built in 1907 in Honolulu is historic.[7]
In 1917, Wilder wrote a story titled Knights of the Square Table. This was adapted into a Conquest Pictures film of the same title, in which Wilder played a scoutmaster.[8] The film is held by the Library of Congress.[9]
He composed the song, A Sea Scout Chantey.[10][11]
^Winston R. Davis (2005). "James Austin Wilder". Sea Scouts · Boy Scouts of America. Archived from the original on November 27, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2010.