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.