James Curtis Hepburn
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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 Japanese-English dictionary.
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Shunroku HataAlso won Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class
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Country
United StatesCategory
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1815 to 1911 · aged 96
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