Ahn Chang Ho

Ahn Chang Ho
6th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office
May 3, 1926 – May 16, 1926
Preceded byYi Dongnyeong
Succeeded byYi Dongnyeong
Personal details
Born(1878-11-09)November 9, 1878
Kangso County, Pyeongan Province, Joseon
DiedMarch 10, 1938(1938-03-10) (aged 59)
Keijō Imperial University Hospital, Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
NationalityKorean
SpouseHelen Lee (Yi Hye-ryon)
Children5; including Philip, Susan and Ralph
ReligionProtestantism
(Presbyterianism)
Korean name
Hangul
안창호
Hanja
Revised RomanizationAn Changho
McCune–ReischauerAn Ch'angho
IPAɐn. tɕʰɐŋɦo
Birth name
Hangul
안치삼
Hanja
安致三
Revised RomanizationAn Chi-sam
McCune–ReischauerAn Chi-sam

Ahn Chang Ho (Korean안창호; Hanja安昌浩; November 9, 1878 – March 10, 1938), sometimes An Chang-ho, was a prominent Korean politician, Korean independence activist, and an early leader of the Korean-American immigrant community in the United States. He is also commonly referred to by his art name Dosan (도산; 島山; [tosʰan]).

He and his wife were the first Koreans to legally immigrate to the US as a married couple.[1] Ahn was a Protestant social activist who in 1907 established the later prominent Korean independence organization Shinminhoe when he returned to Korea from the US. He also established the Young Korean Academy in San Francisco in 1913,[a] and was a key founding member of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in Shanghai in 1919. He is also one of two men believed to have written the lyrics of South Korean national anthem, "Aegukga".

  1. ^ "Ahn Family House". University of Southern California Dornsife. Retrieved April 1, 2023.


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