Ki-baik Lee

Ki-baik Lee[1][2] (1924–2004) was a leading South Korean historian. He was born in Jeongju-gun, in North Pyeongan province in what is today North Korea. He graduated from the Osan School in 1941, attending Waseda University in Tokyo but ultimately graduating from Seoul National University in 1947.

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Ki-baik Lee
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationLee Gi-baek
McCune–ReischauerLee Ki-baek

Lee was Professor of History, at Sogang University, Seoul. His most noted work was the New History of Korea (Kuksa Sillon, to echo Shin Chaeho's 1908 Doksa Sillon), first published in 1967 and revised thereafter. New History of Korea was published in English in translation by Edward W. Wagner.[3]

Publications
  • 한국사신론(韓國史新論)[4] ISBN 9788933700501
  • A New History of Korea (English translation)

See also

References
  1. "A New History of Korea — Ki-baik Lee". Harvard University Press. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  2. "전체회원현황 : 학술원회원 : 대한민국학술원".
  3. "A New History of Korea — Ki-baik Lee". www.hup.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  4. 한국사신론



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