WRITER

Yu Kil-chun

1856 - 1914

Yu Kil-chun

Yu Kil-chun (Korean: 유길준; November 21, 1856 – September 30, 1914) was a Korean politician. Yu lived during the last few decades of Joseon and the Korean Empire, before the occupation of the peninsula by Japan. As a young man, he studied the Chinese classics. Unusually for the time, he came to embrace foreign ideas and literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yu Kil-chun is the 2,688th most popular writer (up from 3,468th in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 168th in 2019) and the 6th most popular South Korean Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yu Kil-chun ranks 2,688 out of 7,302. Before him are Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Édouard Glissant, Kamo no Chōmei, Terry Goodkind, Parvin E'tesami, and Dagny Juel. After him are Anvari, Noor Inayat Khan, Jean Ray, Ennin, Eugène Burnouf, and Patrick Pearse.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Dorothe Engelbretsdatter
1634 - 1716
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 2,682
Édouard Glissant
1928 - 2011
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 2,683
Kamo no Chōmei
1155 - 1216
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 2,684
Terry Goodkind
1948 - 2020
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 2,685
Parvin E'tesami
1907 - 1941
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 2,686
Dagny Juel
1867 - 1901
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 2,687
Yu Kil-chun
1856 - 1914
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 2,688
Anvari
1126 - 1190
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 2,689
Noor Inayat Khan
1914 - 1944
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 2,690
Jean Ray
1887 - 1964
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 2,691
Ennin
793 - 864
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 2,692
Eugène Burnouf
1801 - 1852
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 2,693
Patrick Pearse
1879 - 1916
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 2,694

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Yu Kil-chun ranks 65. Before him are Dimitar Blagoev, Alexander Izvolsky, Stevan Mokranjac, Karl Krumbacher, Mahmud Shevket Pasha, and Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt. After him are Semyon Alapin, Felix Mottl, Rudolf Stammler, Vasily Rozanov, Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, and Princess Isabella of Croÿ. Among people deceased in 1914, Yu Kil-chun ranks 58. Before him are Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, John Muir, Theodor Lipps, Delmira Agustini, Amélie Lundahl, and Stevan Mokranjac. After him are Roque Sáenz Peña, Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, Giovanni Sgambati, Félix Bracquemond, Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen, and Carl Chun.

Others Born in 1856

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Dimitar Blagoev
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1924
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 59
Alexander Izvolsky
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1919
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 60
Stevan Mokranjac
COMPOSER
1856 - 1914
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 61
Karl Krumbacher
HISTORIAN
1856 - 1909
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 62
Mahmud Shevket Pasha
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1856 - 1913
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 63
Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1918
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 64
Yu Kil-chun
WRITER
1856 - 1914
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 65
Semyon Alapin
CHESS PLAYER
1856 - 1923
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 66
Felix Mottl
CONDUCTOR
1856 - 1911
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 67
Rudolf Stammler
PHILOSOPHER
1856 - 1938
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 68
Vasily Rozanov
PHILOSOPHER
1856 - 1919
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 69
Thomas Joannes Stieltjes
MATHEMATICIAN
1856 - 1894
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 70
Princess Isabella of Croÿ
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1931
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 71

Others Deceased in 1914

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Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
GEOGRAPHER
1827 - 1914
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 52
John Muir
MOUNTAINEER
1838 - 1914
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 53
Theodor Lipps
PHILOSOPHER
1851 - 1914
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 54
Delmira Agustini
WRITER
1886 - 1914
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 55
Amélie Lundahl
PAINTER
1850 - 1914
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 56
Stevan Mokranjac
COMPOSER
1856 - 1914
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 57
Yu Kil-chun
WRITER
1856 - 1914
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 58
Roque Sáenz Peña
POLITICIAN
1851 - 1914
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 59
Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg
POLITICIAN
1841 - 1914
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 60
Giovanni Sgambati
MUSICIAN
1841 - 1914
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 61
Félix Bracquemond
PAINTER
1833 - 1914
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 62
Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen
POLITICIAN
1861 - 1914
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 63
Carl Chun
BIOLOGIST
1852 - 1914
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 64