SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Soh Jaipil

1864 - 1951

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Seo Jae-pil (Korean: 서재필; Hanja: 徐載弼; 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. Jaisohn was one of the organizers of the failed Kapsin Coup in 1884. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Soh Jaipil is the 157th most popular social activist (up from 219th in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 94th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South Korean Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Soh Jaipil ranks 157 out of 840. Before him are Beppe Grillo, Ilya Ulyanov, Bertha Pappenheim, Frances Willard, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, and Judas of Galilee. After him are Musa al-Sadr, Abimael Guzmán, Hilda Gadea, Amal Clooney, David Lane, and Lal Bahadur Shastri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Soh Jaipil ranks 39. Before him are Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Dmitri Ivanovsky, Li Yuanhong, Alfred Redl, Leonard Hobhouse, and Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood. After him are Nicholas Marr, Johan Halvorsen, Andrej Hlinka, Draga Mašin, Franz Oppenheimer, and Reginald Dyer. Among people deceased in 1951, Soh Jaipil ranks 29. Before him are Charles G. Dawes, Oswald Pohl, Harald Bohr, Óscar Carmona, Paul Blobel, and Kim Chaek. After him are Ivanoe Bonomi, Élie Cartan, William Randolph Hearst, Princess Milica of Montenegro, Choudhry Rahmat Ali, and Robert J. Flaherty.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Soh Jaipil ranks 74 out of 1,128. Before him are Yi Hwang (1501), Queen Munjeong (1501), Son Heung-min (1992), Queen Cheorin (1837), Toyo Ito (1941), and Park Ji-sung (1981). After him are Jeong Dojeon (1342), Lee Kun-hee (1942), Lee Jung-jae (1972), Andrew Kim Taegon (1821), Ma Dong-seok (1971), and Yi I (1536).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In South Korea

Among social activists born in South Korea, Soh Jaipil ranks 2. Before him are Yun Chi-ho (1864). After him are Ho Jong-suk (1908), Yun Hyon-seok (1984), and Ryu Gwansun (1902).

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