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James Curtis Hepburn

American Christian missionary

Died when: 96 years 90 days (1154 months)
Star Sign: Pisces

 

James Curtis Hepburn

James Curtis Hepburn (/ˈhɛpbɜːrn/;March 13, 1815 – September 21, 1911) 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.


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