James Curtis Hepburn
American physician and educator
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James Curtis Hepburn 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... Wikipedia
Born: March 13, 1815, Milton, PA
Died: September 21, 1911 (age 96 years), East Orange, NJ
Parents: Ann Clay and Samuel Hepburn
Spouse: Clara M. Leets (m. 1840–1906)
Place of burial: Rosedale Cemetery, City of Orange, NJ
Known for: Medical missions in China and Japan; Hepburn romanization system
