Ki-baik Lee (1924–2004) was a leading South Korean historian. He was born in Jeongju-gun, in North Pyeongan province in what is today North Korea. He graduated from the

Osan School Osan () is a Subdivisions of South Korea, city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, approximately south of Seoul. The population of the city is around 200,000. The local economy is supported by a mix of agricultural and industrial enterprises. It ...

in 1941, attending Waseda University in Tokyo but ultimately graduating from

Seoul National University Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a national public research university located in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946, Seoul National University is largely considered the most prestigious university in South Korea; it is one of the three "S ...

in 1947. Lee was 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.

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* 한국사신론(韓國史新論)한국사신론
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A New History of Korea
' (English translation)

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South Korean historians 1924 births 2004 deaths Historians of Korea People from North Pyongan Seoul National University alumni Waseda University alumni Sogang University faculty 20th-century historians Members of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Korea {{korea-bio-stub

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