Yun Chi-wang

{{Short description|Korean independence activist and physician (1895–1982)}}

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윤치왕
尹致旺

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{{nihongo|Itō Chiō|伊東致旺}}

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General Yun Chi-wang ({{Korean|hangul=윤치왕|hanja=尹致旺}}; February 16, 1895 – December 21, 1982) was a South Korean politician, soldier and gynecologist.{{Cite web |script-title=ko:대한의학회. Korean Academy of Medical Sciences |url=http://www.kams.or.kr/business/fame/sub1.php?mode=view&sid=21&keyfield=all&sub_mode=profile |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=www.kams.or.kr |language=ko}} He was the half brother of Yun Chi-ho, uncle of Yun Posun (who was the fourth president of South Korea), and cousin of Yun Chi-young. His art name was Namppo ({{Korean|hangul=남포|hanja=南圃|labels=no}}), and his courtesy name was Seongun ({{Korean|hangul=성운|hanja=聖雲|labels=no}}).

Biography

Yun Chi-wang's father was Yun Ung-nyeol (1840–1911); his mother was Kim Jung-soon (1876–1959), his father's concubine. He had a half-brother Yun Chi-ho (1865–1945), some thirty years his elder, whose mother was their father's wife, Lee Jung-Mu (1844–1936).

In 1911, he entered Suwan Agricultural High School, but in 1912 he dropped out, and in 1913 went to participate in independent activities in China. In 1914, on Kim Kyu-sik's advice, he went to study at the University of Glasgow.{{Cite web |title=Biography of Chi-Wang Yun |url=https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH24360&type=P |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=University of Glasgow}}

From 1927 to 1944 he worked at Severance Hospital in his homeland, and in 1938 became its second Director. He was also Chairman of Korea's Maternity Society.

In 1948 he enlisted in the South Korean Army as a medical officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1950, he participated in the Korean War. In March 1959 he retired with the rank of lieutenant general, and took full retirement in 1960.

Books

Dysmenorrhea
Health of Nation and Peoples

References

External links

[http://people.aks.ac.kr/front/tabCon/ppl/pplView.aks?pplId=PPL_7HIL_A1895_1_0032102 Yun Chi-wang:Korean historical person information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115857/http://people.aks.ac.kr/front/tabCon/ppl/pplView.aks?pplId=PPL_7HIL_A1895_1_0032102 |date=2016-03-04 }} {{in lang|ko}}
[http://blog.iseverance.com/yuhs/2034 고 윤치왕 교수/곽현모 명예교수 대한의학회 명예의 전당 헌정, 연세의료원소식 [657호]] {{in lang|ko}}
[http://www.doctorstimes.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=146921 군진의학의 토대를 다진 - 윤치왕] 의사신문 2011.07.07 {{in lang|ko}}

Category:1895 births

Category:1982 deaths

Category:People from South Chungcheong Province

Category:South Korean civil rights activists

Category:South Korean military doctors

Category:Korean educators

Category:Korean politicians

Category:South Korean anatomists

Category:Kim Kyu-sik

Category:Yun Chi-ho

Category:Seoul National University alumni

Category:Alumni of the University of Glasgow