James Curtis Hepburn
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 113 years ago |
| Date of birth | March 13,1815 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Milton |
| PA | |
| Date of died | September 21,1911 |
| Died | East Orange |
| NJ | |
| Spouse | Clara M. Leets |
| Parents | Ann Clay |
| Samuel Hepburn | |
| Job | Physician |
| Education | Princeton University |
| University of Pennsylvania | |
| Books | Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary |
| The Old Man and Tthe Devils | |
| Japanese-English Dictionary | |
| A Japanese and English Dictionary: With an English and Japanese Index | |
| Japanese‑English Dictionary | |
| Milton, PA | |
| Founded | Meiji Gakuin University Shirokane Campus |
| Meiji Gakuin | |
| Hepburn School | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1543033 |
James Curtis Hepburn Life story
James Curtis Hepburn was an American 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.
