Yi Sang-jae

Yi Sang-jae (, 26 October 1850 – 29 March 1927; also written as Lee Sang-jae) was a religious leader and independence fighter at the end of the Korean Empire.

He was born in Jongji-ri, Chungcheongnam-do. His courtesy name is Gye-ho. He was the president of the Independence Association and published the first Korean private newspaper, Independence Newspaper. When Korea was a colony of Japan, he was active in the movement to establish the Korean Private University. Also, he was the first president of Singanhoe, one of the biggest independence groups in Korea.

References

Other websites
Yi Sang-jae on Open Library
Profile on the Encyclopaedia of Korean Culture

Category:1850 births
Category:1927 deaths
Category:History of Korea
Category:Religious leaders
Category:Korean people