Ahn Chang Ho

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Ahn Chang Ho
Ahn in Los Angeles, California
6th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In office May 3, 1926 – May 16, 1926
Preceded by	Yi Dongnyeong
Succeeded by	Yi Dongnyeong
Personal details
Born	(1878-11-09)November 9, 1878 Kangso County, Pyeongan Province, Joseon
Died	March 10, 1938(1938-03-10) (aged 59) Keijō Imperial University Hospital, Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Nationality	Korean-American
Spouse	Helen Lee (Yi Hye-ryon)
Children	5; including Philip, Susan and Ralph
Religion	Protestantism (Presbyterianism)
Korean name
Hangul	안창호
Hanja	安昌浩
Revised Romanization	An Changho
McCune–Reischauer	An Ch'angho
IPA	ɐn. tɕʰɐŋɦo
Birth name
Hangul	안치삼
Hanja	安致三
Revised Romanization	An Chi-sam
McCune–Reischauer	An Chi-sam

Ahn Chang Ho (Korean: 안창호; November 9, 1878 – March 10, 1938), sometimes An Chang-ho, was a prominent Korean politician, Korean independence activist, and an early leader of the Korean-American immigrant community in the United States. He is also commonly referred to by his art name Dosan (도산; 島山; [tosʰan]).

He and his wife were the first Koreans to legally immigrate to the US as a married couple.^[1] Ahn was a Protestant social activist who in 1907 established the later prominent Korean independence organization Shinminhoe when he returned to Korea from the US. He also established the Young Korean Academy in San Francisco in 1913,^[a] and was a key founding member of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in Shanghai in 1919. He is also one of two men believed to have written the lyrics of South Korean national anthem, "Aegukga".

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