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Yu Kil-chun (1856–1914) was a male politician, journalist, writer, and autobiographer from Seoul, Korea. He was educated at Boston University and served as a chairperson. His notable works include the *Pʻilsa "Chosŏn munjŏn"* and the *"Taehan munjŏn"*, as well as the *Labor Night School Reader*. He participated in the National Debt Repayment Movement, which was a significant event in his life.
He received the Order of the Taegeuk for his contributions. Yu Kil-chun died in Seoul in 1914 from disease, with natural causes listed as the manner of death. He is also known by the courtesy name Seongmu and the art name Gudang. His name in his native language is 유길준.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1856
- Died
- 1914
- Works
- 14
Top works
- 筆寫「朝鮮文典」; 「大韓文典」
- 筆寫「朝鮮文典」; 筆寫「朝鮮文典」; 油印「朝鮮文典」; 油印「大韓文典」
- 勞動夜學讀本
- Yu Kil-Chun (1856-1914) and the Korean Collection at PEM
- Pʻilsa "Chosŏn munjŏn" ; "Taehan munjŏn"
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1856-11-21 ) November 21, 1856, Gye-dong, Bokcheon, Hanseong , Joseon
- Died
- September 30, 1914 (1914-09-30) (aged 57), Keijō , Korea, Empire of Japan
- Resting place
- San 1-16, Changu-dong, Hanam , South Korea
- Awards
- Order of the Taegeuk, 1st class
- Hangul
- 유길준
- Hanja
- 兪吉濬
- Rr
- Yu Giljun
- Mr
- Yu Kilchun
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Yu
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Korea
- Place of birth
- Seoul
- Place of death
- Seoul
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- Korean
- Award
- Order of the Taegeuk
- Participant in
- National Debt Repayment Movement
- Image
- Yu Kil-chun.jpg
- Residence
- Seoul
- Significant event
- National Debt Repayment Movement
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- date of birth
- 1856-10-24
- date of death
- 1914-09-30
- Revised Romanization
- Yu Kil-chun
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Yu Kil-chun
- cause of death
- disease
- name in native language
- 유길준
- courtesy name
- 聖武
- subject has role
- chairperson
- art name
- 矩堂
- Commons category
- Yu Kil-chun
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Yu Kilchun (Korean: 유길준; November 21, 1856 – September 30, 1914) was a Korean politician. Yu lived during the last few decades of Joseon and the Korean Empire, before the occupation of the peninsula by Japan. As a young man, he studied the Chinese classics. Unusually for the time, he came to embrace foreign ideas and literature.
Yu achieved a number of notable firsts: in 1883, he was among the first Koreans to visit the United States. He was also the first Korean to study abroad in Japan and the first in the United States. He also wrote some of the earliest books and translations on Western topics in contemporary Korean, which significantly impacted the reform movement in the Korean Empire. He is also remembered for his contributions to Korean linguistics.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yu Kil-chun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.