Park Eun-sik

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Park Eun-sik : biography

September 30, 1859 – November 1, 1925

Park Eunsik (September 30, 1859 – November 1, 1925) was a historianCarter J. Eckert, Ki-baik Lee, Young Ick Lew, Michael Robinson, and Edward W. Wagner, Korea Old and New: A History (Seoul: Ilchokak / Korea Institute, Harvard University, 1990), 251. and the second President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in Shanghai during part of 1925. Soon after the impeachment of Syngman Rhee from the presidency, Park was elected the president, but he soon died from illness while in office. Park was succeeded by Yi Sang-ryong as the president.

Park Eunsik’s writings

  • Neo-Confucianism Reformation Argument (Yugyo gusinnon; ) in 1909.
  • Painful History of Korea (Hanguk tongsa; ) in 1919. Is telling the history in 1911~about 1930
  • The Bloody History of the Korean Independence Movement (Hanguk dongnip undong ji hyeolsa; ) in 1920.

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Category:Korean politicians Category:1859 births Category:1925 deaths Category:Korean independence activists