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Chang Kee-ryo | |
Hangul | 장기려 |
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Hanja | 張起呂 |
Revised Romanization | Jang Gi-ryeo |
McCune–Reischauer | Chang Ki-ryŏ |
Art name | |
Hangul | 성산 |
Hanja | 聖山 |
Revised Romanization | Seongsan |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏngsan |
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Chang Kee-ryo (Korean: 장기려; 14 August 1911[2]– 25 December 1995) was a surgeon, educator, and philanthropist of South Korea.[3]
He established Gospel Hospital, in Busan, Korea, in 1951, during the Korean War.[4] In 1979, he won the Ramon Magsaysay Award "for his practical, personal Christian charity and in founding the Blue Cross Health Cooperative in Pusan".[5]