About Lee Ki-baek
Lived 1924 – 2004 (aged 79). Lee Ki-baek was a South Korean historian and university teacher.
Ki-baik Lee (; 1924–2004) was a 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.
Lee was a notable historian. He served as 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. Lee was given the Inchon Award in 1990.
Publications 한국사신론(韓國史新論) A New History of Korea (English translation)
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Who was Lee Ki-baek?
South Korean historian (1924-2004)
When was Lee Ki-baek born?
Lee Ki-baek was born on 21 October 1924 in Cheongju.
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Lee Ki-baek died on 2 June 2004.
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Lee Ki-baek was a historian and university teacher.
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Lee Ki-baek was South Korean.
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