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Won Hong-gu or Won Hong Koo (원홍구, 8 April 1888 - 3 October 1970) was an ornithologist, professor and parliament member in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North 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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  • 원홍구(元洪九, 1888년 ~ 1970년 10월)는 조선민주주의인민공화국의 교사, 대학 교수, 조류학자이다. (ko)
  • Won Hong-gu or Won Hong Koo (원홍구, 8 April 1888 - 3 October 1970) was an ornithologist, professor and parliament member in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North 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. (en)
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  • 원홍구(元洪九, 1888년 ~ 1970년 10월)는 조선민주주의인민공화국의 교사, 대학 교수, 조류학자이다. (ko)
  • Won Hong-gu or Won Hong Koo (원홍구, 8 April 1888 - 3 October 1970) was an ornithologist, professor and parliament member in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North 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. (en)
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  • 원홍구 (ko)
  • Won Hong-gu (en)
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