허만정 許萬正

Independence supporter and businessman who joined in founding Lak-Hui Chemical

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Life	1897 ~ 1952
Era	일제강점기
Clan	김해 허씨

Life & career

From Seungsan-ri in Jisu-myeon, Jinju, a Gimhae Heo clan village, he is known to have backed the Baeksan Trading Company, linked to funding for the Provisional Government, in the 1910s, supported the Jinju Hyeongpyeong movement in 1923, and founded Jinju Ilsin Girls' School in 1925.

He is said to have co-founded Lak-Hui Chemical Industries, forerunner of LG, with Koo In-hwoi in 1947, and the family line through his sons Heo Jeong-gu, Heo Jun-gu and Heo Sin-gu is described as a root of the GS Group. He died in 1952 during the Korean War. The hanja spelling (許萬正) should be double-checked.

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