전익 全翊

Goryeo official who served as grand academician of the Bomungak; founder of the Daejehak-gong branch

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Clan	천안 전씨

Life & career

Jeon Ik (全翊) was a Goryeo official who served as grand academician of the Bomungak and is the founder of the Daejehak-gong branch of the Cheonan Jeon clan. He is recorded as having passed both the civil examination and the licentiate examination; his dates could not be confirmed.

His descendants settled around Gwangju in Honam; his 10th-generation descendant Jeon Yu-seong (b. 1616) moved from Gwangju to Asan-myeon, Gochang, and the line spread across Jeolla.

Descendants

His line settled in Gwangju and across Jeolla. The Joseon martyr Jeon Sang-ui was from Gwangju (whether he belonged to this branch could not be confirmed).

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