Josiah Nelson Cushing

Josiah Nelson Cushing (J. N. Cushing) was born on 4th of May, 1840, at Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.[1][2]

Josiah Nelson Cushing was an American Baptist missionary who worked in Burma from 1866 to 1905.[3] He was the author of 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 the Shan language.[4][5][6] In the task of translation, he was aided by a fellow missionary, Edwin D. Kelley, who died before the translation could be completed.[7] In addition to translating the Bible into Shan, Cushing and his team of translators also worked on a catechism in related dialects.[8]

At the age of 65, he died on May 17, 1905, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.[9] [10]

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  3. ^ Kaloyanides, Alexandra (2023). Baptizing Burma: Religious Change in the Last Buddhist Kingdom. Columbia University Press. doi:10.7312/kalo19984.8. ISBN 978-0-231-19984-1.
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  5. ^ Yawnghwe, Harn. "Bible Translation 1" (PDF). Saint Timothy’s Banner (News Letter). pp. 13–14. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  6. ^ Wong, Simon. "Towards a History of Bible Translation Among the Dialects and Languages of China: Jingpo" (PDF). Bible Society of Korea. pp. 50–52. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
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  8. ^ Kurabe, Keita; Imamura, Masao (August 2016). "Orthography and related material" (PDF). The Newsletter, International Institute for Asian Studies. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  9. ^ "Burial, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America". www.familysearch.org. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  10. ^ John, Wallace St. Josiah Nelson Cushing: Missionary and Scholar, Burma, 1912, p. 30