Soh Jaipil was born in Boseong County, Korea back in 1864. He studied at the Kim Seong-geun and Park Kyu-su’s private schools. Passing the civil service exam at the age of 18 becoming one of the youngest people to ever pass the exam. He was commissioned a junior officer in 1882. In 1884, he was involved in the Gapsin Coup, a radical attempt to overturn the old regime and establish equality among the Korean people.The coup failed and as a result his father, mother and two brothers were executed under a guilt-by-association system. To save his own life he fled Korea, moving to the United States. After fleeing to American he changed his name. he died in 1951 just two days short of his 87th, birthday.Remember the name change? What you may not know about Philip Jaisohn is that he was the fir...
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