Sin Chaeho, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sin Chaeho

Korean historian

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1880

Place of Birth: South Chungcheong Province, South Korea

Date of Death: 21-Feb-1936

Profession: historian

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Sin Chaeho, or Shin Chae-ho (1880–1936), was a Korean independence activist, historian, anarchist, nationalist, and a founder of Korean ethnic nationalist historiography (?? ??, minjok sahak; sometimes shortened to minjok).
He is held in high esteem in both North and South Korea.
Two of his works, A New Reading of History (Doksa Sillon), written in 1908, and The Early History of Joseon (Joseon Sanggosa), published in 1931, are considered key works of nationalist historiography in modern Korea.
He argued that modern Koreans and the people of Manchuria were of a single race which has an ancestral claim to both Korea and Manchuria, Shin also studied Korean mythology.
During his exile in China, Shin joined the Eastern Anarchist Association and wrote anti-imperialist and pro-independence articles in various outlets; his anarchist activities lead to his arrest and subsequent death in prison, February 21, 1936.