Park Eun-sik

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Park Eunsik
박은식
朴殷植
2nd President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office
March 24, 1925 – September, 1925
Preceded bySyngman Rhee
Succeeded byYi Sang-ryong
Personal details
Born(1859-09-30)September 30, 1859[1]
Nammyeon, Hwangju-gun, Joseon
DiedNovember 1, 1925(1925-11-01) (aged 66)[1]
Shanghai, China
NationalityKorean
Korean name
Hangul
박은식
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBak Eun-sik
McCune–ReischauerPak Ŭnsik

Park Eunsik (September 30, 1859 - November 1, 1925) was a Korean historian[2] and the second President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in Shanghai during part of 1925.[3] 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.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Neo-Confucianism Reformation Argument (Yugyo gusinnon; Korean유교구신론; Hanja儒敎求新論.
  • Painful History of Korea (Hanguk tongsa; Korean한국통사; Hanja韓國痛史, 1919).
  • The Bloody History of the Korean Independence Movement (Hanguk dongnip undong ji hyeolsa; Korean한국독립운동지혈사; Hanja韓國獨立運動之血史, 1920)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Park Eun-Sik". MyHeritage. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. ^ Carter 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.
  3. ^ Da Graça, John (2017). Heads of State and Government. Springer. p. 514. ISBN 9781349657711.
Political offices
Preceded by Presidents of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
1925
Succeeded by