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Philip Jaisohn | |
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| Born | January 7, 1864 |
| Died | January 5, 1951 (aged 86) |
| Burial place | Seoul National Cemetery, South Korea |
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| Family | Daegu Seo clan |
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| Hangul | 서재필 |
| Hanja | 徐載弼 |
| Revised Romanization | Seo Jae-pil |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏ Chaep'il |
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| Hangul | 송재, 쌍경 |
| Hanja | 松齋, 雙慶 |
| Revised Romanization | Songjae, Ssanggyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Songjae, Ssanggyŏng |
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| Hangul | 윤경 |
| Hanja | 允卿 |
| Revised Romanization | Yun-gyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yun'gyŏng |
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Seo Jae-pil (Korean: 서재필; January 7, 1864 – January 5, 1951), better known by his English name Philip Jaisohn, was a Korean American politician, physician, and Korean independence activist. He was the first Korean to become a naturalized citizen of the United States. He also founded the Tongnip Sinmun, the first Korean newspaper written entirely in Hangul.[2]
Jaisohn was one of the organizers of the failed Gapsin Coup in 1884. He was thus convicted for treason and sought refuge in the United States where he became a citizen and earned a medical doctorate. Upon returning to Korea in 1895, Jaisohn was offered a position as a chief advisor of the Joseon government. He declined, choosing to focus on reform movements where he advocated for democracy, Korean independence and self reliance from foreign intervention, numerous civil rights and universal suffrage.[3] Jaisohn was forced to return to the United States in 1898, from where he participated in the First Korean Congress and advocated for the March 1st Movement and U.S. Government support for Korean independence. Jaisohn became a chief advisor to the United States Army Military Government in Korea after World War II and was elected as an interim representative in South Korea in the 1946 legislative election.
He died in 1951 shortly after returning to the United States during the Korean War. His remains were reinterred at the Seoul National Cemetery in 1994.
Jaisohn was an admirer of American-style liberalism and republicanism. He was also reform-minded, and sought to revise Confucianist culture and institutions in Korea.[4]
- ^ 서재필의 망명과 귀국 National Institute of Korean History (in Korean)
- ^ 서재필 박사 60주기 추모제, 8일 보성 기념공원서 열려 The Segyenews 2011.04.07 (in Korean)
- ^ "Dr. Philip Jaisohn | Jaisohn Memorial Foundation". May 31, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ^ "서재필과 대한민국 상세보기|주요활동주뉴욕 대한민국 총영사관".