93,820 profiles ranked live

Cho Hŏn

✓ Source-basedrising

Joseon dynasty official and Righteous army leader in the Imjin war (1544 - 1592)

WritersLived 1544 to 1592 · aged 48
Compare
Fame45.9
Momentum15.0
Languages6
In century#5,867

Cho Hŏn was a Joseon official and militia leader in Korea at the time of the Imjin war. He believed that Japan under Toyotomi Hideyoshi posed a threat to Korean security, but his warnings were not heeded. When war broke out in 1592, he raised a volunteer militia to resist the Japanese invaders.

Writers born in the 1540s 6

About this person

Cho Hŏn was a Joseon official and militia leader in Korea at the time of the Imjin war. He believed that Japan under Toyotomi Hideyoshi posed a threat to Korean security, but his warnings were not heeded. When war broke out in 1592, he raised a volunteer militia to resist the Japanese invaders. He was killed during the second battle of Geumsan in 1592.

Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1544 to 1592 · aged 48
Written about in
6 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.