Independence patriot · Cultural movement · Patriotic Medal (Aegukjang, 1990)
| Life | 1894 ~ 1969 |
| Era | 근현대 |
| Clan | 경주 김씨 |
A Hangeul scholar, Kim Yun-gyeong was imprisoned twice, including in the Korean Language Society Incident.
Born in 1894 in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, and known by the pen name Hangyeol, he graduated from the literature department of Yonhui College and the history department of Rikkyo University in Tokyo, then taught at Baehwa and Jeongsin girls' schools before becoming a professor at Yonhui College in 1941. He was arrested in 1942 in the Korean Language Society Incident and imprisoned until Korea's liberation. Afterward he served as managing director of the Korean Language Society and dean of the college of liberal arts at Hanyang University, and in 1963 received the Order of Cultural Merit. His major works include a history of Korean writing and language, a Korean grammar, and a lecture volume on the Yongbieocheonga.