Won Hong-gu
Korean ornithologist
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Won Hong-gu's Degrees
- PhD Ornithology Seoul National University
Why Is Won Hong-gu Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Won Hong-gu or Won Hong Koo was an ornithologist, professor and a member of the Supreme People's Assembly in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea . He was the first to establish the names of local birds in the Korean language and to publish a major ornithological monograph for the region. He was also a specialist on small mammals. He was separated from his children during the liberation of Korea from Japanese rule and its separation. Unknown to him, due to the political barriers between South and North Korea, his son Won Pyong-oh also became an eminent ornithologist in South Korea. The two learned of each other's existence after the war through a migrating starling that had been ringed by the son and recovered by the father.
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