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'''Josiah Nelson Cushing''' (J. N. Cushing) was born on 4th of May, 1840.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDB-SYF |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=www.familysearch.org}}</ref> He is the author the first English Grammar of the Shan Language (1871) and the first Shan-English Dictionary (1881). He was also responsible for the [[Bible translations|translation of the Holy Bible]] into [[Shan language]]. At the age of 65, he passed away on May 17, 1905, in [[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]], USA.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Burial, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGY-RS2F |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=www.familysearch.org}}</ref> |
'''Josiah Nelson Cushing''' (J. N. Cushing) was born on 4th of May, 1840.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDB-SYF |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=www.familysearch.org}}</ref> He is the author the first English Grammar of the Shan Language (1871) and the first Shan-English Dictionary (1881). He was also responsible for the [[Bible translations|translation of the Holy Bible]] into [[Shan language]]. At the age of 65, he passed away on May 17, 1905, in [[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]], USA.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Burial, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGY-RS2F |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=www.familysearch.org}}</ref> |
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== Family == |
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His father was Alpheus Nelason Cushing and his mother was Charlotte Everett Foster.<ref> John, Wallace St. Josiah Nelson Cushing: Missionary and Scholar, Burma, 1912, pp. 12-13. </ref> |
His father was Alpheus Nelason Cushing and his mother was Charlotte Everett Foster.<ref> John, Wallace St. Josiah Nelson Cushing: Missionary and Scholar, Burma, 1912, pp. 12-13. </ref> |
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Josiah Nelson Cushing (J. N. Cushing) was born on 4th of May, 1840.[1] He is the author the first English Grammar of the Shan Language (1871) and the first Shan-English Dictionary (1881). He was also responsible for the translation of the Holy Bible into Shan language. At the age of 65, he passed away on May 17, 1905, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.[2]
Italic text== Family == His father was Alpheus Nelason Cushing and his mother was Charlotte Everett Foster.[3]
Publications
- Cushing, Josiah Nelson. Grammar of the Shan Language. American Mission Press, 1871.
- Cushing, J. N. A Shan and English dictionary. Rangoon: Bennett, 1881.
- John, Wallace St. Josiah Nelson Cushing: Missionary and Scholar, Burma. Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press, 1912
Sources
- ^ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915". www.familysearch.org. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
- ^ "Burial, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America". www.familysearch.org. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
- ^ John, Wallace St. Josiah Nelson Cushing: Missionary and Scholar, Burma, 1912, pp. 12-13.
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