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Chief Director Kwon Byeongtak was born in July
7, 1929 in Seongju, Gyeongsang?Buk?
Do. He has won prizes including a prize from the
National Academy of Science, the most honorable
prize as a scholar. However suddenly he left from
a teaching career as an emeritus professor because
he fell in love with a seed of a plum he has got
from Songgwang?Sa(Temple). In 2002 he founded a
Songgwangmae Memorial Museum in Daemyeong?Dong,
Daegu.
After giving up the duties and honor as a professor,
he leads a whole new life as a farmer. According
to his belief "dumping something makes trashes,
keeping something makes valuables", Chief Director
Kwon Byeongtak collected data he has collected for
studies, antique objects, and a variety of cultural
inheritances as a base for Songgwangmae Memorial
Museum. The museum has moved to the present location
in 2003 and reached the present position.
Differently from his wish to live as a farmer, his
achievement in studies has given him titles of an
emeritus professor and a virtuoso in the commitee
of Gyeongbuk Cultural inheritances. Now he devotes
his time to spread Songgwangmae (Korean endemic
plums) as the chairman of the Society of Spreading
Songgwangmae.
He has written books such as "The general history
of economy", "The production and demand
of traditional ceramic wares", and "The
studies of Korean industrial history." |
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