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The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future: James Curtis Hepburn - Biography, with references Prominent people of Minato City - Biography. Presbyterian Heritage Center - Biography. Meijashowa Hepburn arrives in Japan Article on arrival in Japan. Meiji Gakuin University - History of MGU incl. Hepburn. Princeton University - Article on Hepburn.

What's the source for this claim:

Katharine Hepburn - a four-time Oscar winning Hollywood legend, is one of his descendents.

? -- romanm ( talk) 22:30, 16 May 2006 (UTC) reply

I have changed the material on this to bring it into line with the more accurate information on on this topic in the article on Hepburn Romanization. I also expanded and corrected the information on his dictionary (of which I have a copy) and the historical info, largely based on the Meiji Gakuin pages. JimBreen 11:02, 26 November 2006 (UTC) reply

in June or September? -- VarpTV ( talk) 02:15, 6 January 2009 (UTC) reply