American physician, educator, and phonologist of Japanese (1815–1911)
James Curtis Hepburn
Born
March 13, 1815 (1815-03-13)
Milton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
September 21, 1911(1911-09-21) (aged 96)
East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality
American
Alma mater
Princeton University University of Pennsylvania
Known for
Medical missions in China and Japan Hepburn romanization system
James Curtis Hepburn (/ˈhɛpbɜːrn/; March 13, 1815 – September 21, 1911) was an American physician, educator, translator 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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