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]
His father was Alpheus Nelason Cushing, and his mother was Charlotte Everett Foster.[11] He was married to Ellen Howard Cushing and they had a son, Herbert Howard Cushing.[12]
Publications
Cushing, Josiah Nelson. Grammar of the Shan Language. American Mission Press, 1871.
Cushing, J. N. A Shan and English dictionary. Rangoon: Bennett, 1881.
Cushing, Josiah Nelson, translator. The New Testament Translated into Shan from the Original Greek. 1st edition, American Baptist Mission Press, 1882.
Cushing, Josiah Nelson. Elementary Handbook of the Shan Language: By Rev. Josiah Nelson Cushing. C. Bennett Trübner, 1880.
Cushing, Josiah Nelson. The Holy Bible ... Translated into Shan from the Original Languages [by Josiah Nelson Cushing], Etc. American Baptist Mission Press, 1892.
Hsinbyushin, and Josiah Nelson Cushing. The Po U Daung Inscription Erected by King Sinbyuyin in 1774 A.D. Printed by the Superintendent, Gov’t. printing, 1891.
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