Park Seo-yang

Park Seo-yang (Korean: 박서양; Hanja: 朴瑞陽, September 30, 1885 – December 15, 1940) was a Korean early modern surgeon, doctor, chemist, and independence activist from a slave family. His real name was Bongchul (봉출^[1]) or Bongchuri (봉주리). He attended Yonsei University and was one of seven doctors who were in the first graduating class of the Severance Hospital Medical College.^[2]

Park Seo-yang

Early life

Seo-yang was born in Seoul, South Korea on September 30, 1885, to Park Seong-chun (Korean: 박성축; Hanja: 朴成春).^[3]

See also

• Severance college
• Shin Eung-hee
• Yun Chi-wang
• Hong Seok-hoo

External links

• Park Seo-yang (in Korean)
• 박서양, 한국 최초 서양의 알고보니 ‘백정 자식’ 애달픈 사연 (in Korean)
• 의사 출신 독립운동가 신창희·박서양 선생 – 청년의사 08.08.15 (in Korean)
• 한국 최초 의사 박서양의 독립운동 행적 밝혀낸 박형우 – 시민연합뉴스 07.03.26 (in Korean)