An Chang-ho
Politician, Deceased Person
1878 – 1938
Who was An Chang-ho?
An Chang-ho, or Ahn Chang-ho was a Korean independence activist and one of the early leaders of the Korean-American immigrant community in the United States. He is also referred to as his pen name Dosan. He established the Shinminhoe when he returned to Korea from the US in 1907. It was the most important organization to fight the Japanese occupation of Korea. He established the Young Korean Academy in San Francisco in 1913 and was a key member in the founding of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in Shanghai in 1919. Ahn is one of two men believed to have written the lyrics of the Aegukga, the South Korean national anthem. Besides his work for the Independence Movement, Dosan wanted to reform the Korean people's character and the entire social system of Korea. Educational reform and modernizing schools were two key efforts of Dosan. He was the father of Philip Ahn and Susan Ahn Cuddy.
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- Born
- Nov 9, 1878
Kangso-guyok - Also known as
- Dosan
- Ahn Chang-ho
- An Ch'angho
- Tosan
- Ahn Ch'i-sam
- Dosan Ahn Chang-ho
- Parents
- Spouses
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Korean people
- Nationality
- North Korea
- Profession
- Died
- Mar 10, 1938
Busan
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on July 23, 2013
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