Kim Kyu-sik

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The Right Honourable
Kim Kyu-sik
김규식
金奎植
Kim in 1946
Vice President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office
October 1940 – 3 March 1947
GovernorJohn R. Hodge
Preceded byKim Ku
Succeeded bySyngman Rhee
Personal details
Born(1881-01-29)January 29, 1881
Dongrae District, Busan, Joseon
DiedDecember 10, 1950(1950-12-10) (aged 69)
Manpo, North Korea
EducationRoanoke College
ReligionPresbyterianism
Korean name
Hangul
김규식
Hanja
金奎植
Revised RomanizationGim Gyusik
McCune–ReischauerKim Kyusik
Art name
Hangul
우사, 죽적
Hanja
尤史, 竹笛
Revised RomanizationUsa, Jukjeok
McCune–ReischauerUsa, Chukchŏk
Courtesy name
Hangul
변갑
Revised RomanizationByeongap
McCune–ReischauerPyŏn'gap

Kim Kyu-sik (Korean: 김규식; Hanja: 金奎植, January 29, 1881 – December 10, 1950), also spelled Kimm Kiusic, was a Korean politician and academic during the Korean independence movement and a leader of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. Kim served in various roles in the provisional government, including as foreign minister, ambassador, education minister and finally as the vice president from 1940 until the provisional government's dissolution on March 3, 1947. Kim's art names included Usa (우사), Kummun (금문), Kimsong (김성), and Chukchok (죽적).

Life and career

Early life

Kim Kyu-sik (1890s)

Kim was born in

H.G. Underwood starting from the age of 6, taking the Christian name "Johann". He later traveled to the United States, receiving a bachelor's degree from Roanoke College in 1903 and a master's degree in English literature from Princeton University
the following year.

In 1905 Kim returned to Korea, teaching widely. Following the 1910 Japanese annexation of Korea Kim fled to China in 1913.

Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea

In 1919 Kim traveled to Paris for the

Lyuh Woon-Hyung and Chang Duk-soo, who had organized Sinhan Cheongnyeondang in Shanghai in the summer of 1919.[1]
His efforts in Paris proved to be futile.

The Korean National Revolutionary Party was formed in Shanghai in 1935 through a grouping of nationalist Korean parties. Organizers were Kim Kyu-sik, Kim Won-bong and Cho Soang.[2]

Kim was a leading member of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea based in Shanghai, becoming the Vice-President. He was fluent in English and taught English to the Provisional Government's members.

After Korean Liberation

After the post World War II liberation of Korea in 1945, he returned to his homeland to join in the formation of a newly independent state, which was then under the rule of the

elections in the south despite the objections of southern nationalists such as Kim Kyu-sik and Kim Ku as well as from the Provisional People's Committee of North Korea, who were opposed because of the non-participation of the North.[1]

Death

After failed efforts to broker reunification in that year, he retired from politics. After the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, he was kidnapped and taken to the North; he reportedly died near Manpo in the far north on December 10.

In May 1988 he was posthumously awarded the Republic of Korea Medal of Order of Merit for National Foundation, the most prestigious civil decoration in South Korea. He was posthumously awarded North Korea's National Reunification Prize in 1998.[3]

Other information

Educational career
  • December 17, 1913 in Shanghai, a professor of Barkdal English School
  • 1923 professor of English at Fudan University
  • 1927–1929 In Tianjin, Northern Sea University Professor of English
  • 1932–1937 Nanjing political instructor School, professor of political.
  • 1937–1940 ShChwan College Professor of English Literature, Foreign Languages and Chair, Head of Foreign Language and Literature
Books
  • Poems, 《Yangjayugyong》(양자유경)
  • 《Small English grammar》
  • 《Practical English》
  • 《Elizabeth I Age's Introduction to Theatre》
  • 《WonYongSa》
Degrees
Awards and recognition
  • Portrayed by actor Lee Mug-won in the 1981―82 TV series, 1st Republic.

See also

Notes

  1. ^
    Eckert, Carter J.
    , Lee, Ki-baik, Lew, Young Ick, Robinson, Michael & Wagner, Edward W. (1990). Korea old and new. Seoul: Ilchokak.
  2. ISBN 978-0-7007-0464-4
    , retrieved 2016-03-20
  3. ^ "National Reunification Prize Winners", Korean Central News Agency, 1998-05-07, archived from the original on 2013-06-02, retrieved 2012-09-13

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Political offices
Preceded by
Ryu Dong-ryeol
 Vice Presidents of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
1940–1948 		Succeeded by
Provisional Government dissolved
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