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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Horace Grant Underwood<br />
| image = Horace Grant Underwood.jpg<br />
| caption = Underwood in 1888<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1859|07|19}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1916|10|12|1859|07|19}}<br />
| birth_place = [[London]], United Kingdom<br />
| death_place = [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], United States<br />
| resting_place = {{plainlist|<br />
* [[Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery]], South Korea (1999–)<br />
* [[Grove Church Cemetery]], United States (1916–1999)<br />
}}<br />
| known_for = Early missionary in Korea, founding school that became [[Yonsei University]]<br />
| notable_works = ''[[The Call of Korea]]''<br />
| module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto<br />
|hangul=%원두우<br />
|hanja=元杜尤<br />
|child=yes<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Horace Grant Underwood''' (19 July 1859 – 12 October 1916) was an American [[Northern Presbyterian Church|Presbyterian]] [[missionary]], [[education|educator]], and translator who dedicated his life to developing Christianity in Korea.<ref name="encyber">{{cite encyclopedia |title=언더우드 Horace Grant Underwood |encyclopedia=[[Dusan Encyclopedia]] |publisher=[[Doosan Group|Doosan Corporation]] |url=http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=110222&contentno=110222 |accessdate=8 July 2008 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Underwood was born in [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[English Americans|immigrated]] to the [[United States]] at age 12. He graduated from [[New York University]] in 1881 and [[New Brunswick Theological Seminary]] in 1884.<br />
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==Work in Korea==<br />
It is said that Underwood was moved by a letter from Lee Soo-jung (the first translator of the Bible into Korean) published in an American Bible Society publication, which inspired him to commit to missionary work in Korea.<ref>{{cite news|last=Baek|first=Jong Geun|title=이수정과 마가복음|trans-title=Lee Soo-jung and the Gospel of Mark|url=http://m.amennews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=20445|access-date=22 August 2024|newspaper=Church and Faith|date=21 August 2024}}</ref><br />
Underwood served as a [[Northern Presbyterian Church]] missionary in Korea, teaching [[physics]] and [[chemistry]] at [[Gwanghyewon]] in [[Seoul]], the first modern hospital of Korea.<ref name="am-in-kor"><br />
{{cite web | title = Americans in Korea in the late 1800s | last = Kim | first = Young-sik | date = 5 August 2003 | publisher = Association for Asia Research | url = http://www.asianresearch.org/articles/1483.html | accessdate = 8 July 2008}}</ref> Underwood arrived in Korea on the same boat as [[Henry G. Appenzeller]] on Easter Sunday (5 April) 1885, and he also worked with [[Henry Appenzeller]], [[William B. Scranton]], [[James Scarth Gale]], and [[William D. Reynolds]]<ref>[http://anthony.sogang.ac.kr/RASKBHistory1940.html Brother Anthony of Taizé website, ''The Early Years of the RASKB: 1900-1920'' ]</ref> to translate the Bible into Korean. The New Testament was completed in 1900 and the Old Testament in 1910. Underwood also worked with [[Horace Newton Allen|Horace N. Allen]], an American missionary doctor attached to the royal court. In 1900, Underwood and [[James Scarth Gale]] established the Seoul YMCA, and in 1912 Underwood became the president of the [[Pyeongtaek University]] established by [[Arthur Tappan Pierson]] ({{Korean|hangul=평택대학교, 구 피어선기념성경학교|labels=no}}). The same year Underwood became the president of the Joseon Christian College ({{Korean|hangul=경신학교|hanja=儆新學校|labels=no}}), the predecessor of [[Yonsei University]]. Underwood wrote several books on Korea, including ''[[The Call of Korea]].''<ref name="korea-times">{{cite news | title= 10 Most Remembered | work= [[The Korea Times]] | date= 17 October 2007 | url= https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/10/113_12096.html | access-date= 25 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
In 1916, Underwood returned to the US due to failing health, but he died shortly thereafter in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]]. He was originally buried at [[Grove Church Cemetery]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Church for Hudson County - History |url=http://www.grovereformedchurch.org/page/glimpses_of_grove}}</ref> in [[North Bergen, New Jersey]], but in 1999 his remains were reinterred in the [[Yanghwajin Foreigners' Cemetery]] in Seoul, South Korea.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
[[File:Lillias Horton Underwood.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lillias Horton Underwood]]]]<br />
Underwood's older brother, [[John T. Underwood]], a typewriter entrepreneur based in New York, helped finance Horace Grant's missionary endeavours. In 1889, Underwood married [[Lillias Horton Underwood|Lillias Horton]] (1851–1921), a doctor.<br />
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==Underwood family legacy==<br />
[[File:Horace_Grant_Underwood_statue_in_Yonsei_Univ_main_campus.jpg|thumb|100px|Statue at Yonsei University]]<br />
Underwood's legacy is visible at various Christian educational institutes in [[Seoul]]. There is a statue of Underwood in the centre of the [[Yonsei University]] campus, and the Underwood Activity Centre of [[Seoul Foreign School]] is dedicated to his grandson, [[Richard F. Underwood]]. Underwood's descendants continued to develop Korean society, religion, politics and education for over one hundred years.<br />
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His son, [[Horace H. Underwood|Horace Horton Underwood]] (1890–1951) continued the tradition of education and worked at Yonhi University, another predecessor of Yonsei University.<br />
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His grandson, Horace Grant Underwood II (1917–2004) who, among other notable achievements,<ref>[http://www.koreasociety.org/special_events/van_fleet_award/2002_horace_g._underwood.html The Korea Society] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205020050/http://www.koreasociety.org/special_events/van_fleet_award/2002_horace_g._underwood.html |date=5 December 2008 }} 2002 VAN FLEET AWARD</ref> served as an interpreter in the [[Korean War]] [[Korean Armistice Agreement|armistice talks]].<ref>[http://seoul.usembassy.gov/dr._horace_grant U.S. Embassy Eulogy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719123244/http://seoul.usembassy.gov/dr._horace_grant |date=19 July 2011 }} TRIBUTE TO DR. HORACE GRANT UNDERWOOD</ref><br />
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His great-grandson, Horace Horton Underwood II (1942– ), served as a professor of [[English literature]] at [[Yonsei University]].<br />
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The Underwood family is no longer involved with mission work but continues to serve in Korea at the [[Embassy of the United States, Seoul|US Embassy]] in [[South Korea|Korea]] and in business.<ref>[http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200405/200405110042.html Korea Times] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224132809/http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200405/200405110042.html |date=24 December 2009 }} Underwood Family Bids Farewell to Korea after 119 Years of Service</ref><br />
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The New Brunswick Theological Seminary has an endowed chair in honour of Underwood for a professor specialising in Global Christianity and missions.<ref>Reformed Church in America. [https://www.rca.org/document.doc?id=680 "RCA Report of the New Brunswick Theological Seminary: Building a New Future for the Oldest Protestant Seminary in North America."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927155516/https://www.rca.org/document.doc?id=680 |date=27 September 2013 }} (2013). Retrieved 17 September 2013.</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Christianity in South Korea]]<br />
* [[Yonsei University]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{cite book<br />
| last = Underwood<br />
| first = Horace G.<br />
| title = The Call of Korea<br />
| year = 1908<br />
| publisher = Fleming H. Revell Co.<br />
| url = https://archive.org/details/callkoreapoliti00undegoog<br />
| accessdate = 8 July 2008<br />
}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Commons category|Horace Grant Underwood}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130815180258/http://www.history.pcusa.org/resources/heritage_sunday/2002/part1.cfm The first Presbyterian missionaries in Korea]<br />
* {{Internet Archive film clip|id=gov.archives.arc.95874|description="Longines Chronoscope with Horace E. Underwood (SIC)}}<br />
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