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Person1894 – 1970

Choe Hyeon-bae

Also called: Oesol

Linguist of the Korean Language Society, author of "Urimalbon" and "Hangeulgal", imprisoned from the 1942 society incident until liberation

A pupil of Ju Si-gyeong, he studied at Kyoto Imperial University. While teaching at Yonhi College he worked in the Korean Language Society on the Unified Hangeul Orthography and the standard language. He systematised Korean grammar in Urimalbon (1937) and traced the history of the alphabet in Hangeulgal (1942). After liberation he led textbook compilation as head of the editorial bureau of the US military government's education department.

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  1. 1931Korean Language Society and the Unified Hangeul Orthographyparticipant

    Successor to the Korean Language Research Society, the Korean Language Society fixed a unified spelling system and standard language and prepared a Korean dictionary.

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    1942 – 1945Korean Language Society Incidentrelated figure

    Japan branded the Korean Language Society an independence organization and imprisoned its members. Yi Yun-jae and Han Jing died in custody and the society was dissolved.

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  • Ju Si-gyeong1876 – 1914

    Linguist who worked at the Korean Language Research Institute and wrote "Korean Grammar"; his pupils founded the Korean Language Research Society

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  • World War II and Korea1937 – 1945

    Wartime mobilization and exploitation, independence armies, from the Cairo Declaration to liberation