James Curtis Hepburn

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 (/ˈhɛpbərn/; 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.