James Curtis Hepburn
Physician, Deceased Person
1815 – 1911
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Who was James Curtis Hepburn?
James Curtis Hepburn, MD, LL.D. 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.
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- Born
- Mar 13, 1815
Milton - Also known as
- Хэпбёрн, Джеймс Кёртис
- Religion
- Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
- Christian
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Princeton University
- University of Pennsylvania
- Died
- Sep 21, 1911
East Orange
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on July 23, 2013
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