James Curtis Hepburn

James Curtis Hepburn, MD, LL.D. (March 13, 1815 – September 21, 1911) was a physician, translator, educator and lay Christian missionary. He is known for the Hepburn romanization system for transliteration of the Japanese language into the Latin alphabet, which he popularized in his Japanese–English dictionary.

Personal facts

James Curtis Hepburn
Birth dateMarch 13, 1815
Birth place
Milton Pennsylvania
Nationality
United States
Religion
Christian
Date of deathJune 11, 1911
Place of death
East Orange New Jersey
Known for
China
Japan

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External resources

  1. http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=6CkYAAAAYAAJ
  2. http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=6FQWAAAAYAAJ
  3. http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=XORGAAAAcAAJ
  4. http://books.google.com/books?id=4h0TAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
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  6. http://books.google.com/books?id=oJtBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0
  7. http://books.google.com/books?id=shE9AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
  8. http://www.church.ne.jp/heboken
  9. http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/english/history.htm