| Kim Hyung-suk | |
 Kim Hyung-suk at the age of 100 | |
| Birth: | 23 April 1920 Unsan, North Pyongan Province, Empire of Japan (now North Korea) |
| Age: | 104 years, 229 days |
| Country: |  PRK KOR
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| Centenarian | |
Kim Hyung-suk or Kim Hyung-seok (Korean: 김형석; Hanja: 金亨錫; born 23 April 1920) is a South Korean centenarian, writer, philosopher, and professor emeritus of Yonsei University. He taught as a professor at the Department of Philosophy of Yonsei University from 1954 to 1985. He became professor emeritus of the same school after his retirement in 1985. He was a visiting professor at the University of Chicago and Harvard University. He is the author of a few best-selling books which include Solitude (고독이라는 병) (1960) and The Discourse between Eternity and Love (영원과 사랑의 대화) (1961). He turned 100 in Korean age in 2019.
Biography[]
Kim was born on 23 April 1920 in Unsan, North Pyongan Province, during Korea under Japanese rule. He spent his childhood in Teaedong, South Pyongan. He went to Soongsil Middle School, where he became acquainted with the poet Yun Dong-ju. He studied philosophy at Sophia University. In 1947, he moved from North Korea to the South, where he taught at Joongang Middle and High School in Seoul for seven years. He became a professor of philosophy at Yonsei University in 1954, until his retirement in 1985. In 1985, he became professor emeritus of Yonsei University.
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- Work far from over for 93-year-old philosopher
- At age of 100, philosopher says ‘I love; therefore I am’
- 100세 철학자 김형석 "살아보니 열매 맺는 60~90세 가장 소중" [출처:중앙일보]
- [#스타다큐마이웨이 안창호의 제자이자 윤동주의 동창인 김형석, 그가 40년 동안 빠짐없이 한 루틴 대공개! (TV CHOSUN 230122 방송)]
- Mention at 103
- 104세 김형석 교수 "해로운 걸 멀리해야 오래 산다"