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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]