Editing Ahn Chang Ho (section)

==Early life==
Ahn was born Ahn Chi-sam ({{Korean|hangul=안치삼|hanja=安致三|labels=no}}) on 9 November 1878 in [[Kangso-guyok|Kangso]] County, [[Pyeongan Province]], [[Joseon]] (present-day [[South Pyongan Province|South Pyongan]], [[North Korea]]).<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=도산연보 |url=http://www.ahnchangho.or.kr/sub/sub02_01.php |access-date=1 April 2023 |website=Dosan Ahn Changho Memorial Foundation}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=안창호 |url=https://100.daum.net/encyclopedia/view/b14a3271a |access-date=1 April 2023 |website=Daum Encyclopedia|date=June 26, 2002 }}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=안창호 [安昌浩] 대한민국 임시정부 수립의 주역, 최고의 민족 운동 지도자 |url=http://contents.history.go.kr/mobile/kc/view.do?levelId=kc_n402200&code=kc_age_40 |access-date=1 April 2023 |website=Our History Net}}</ref> He was the third son of father An Hŭng-kuk,{{efn|{{Korean|hangul=안흥국|hanja=安興國|labels=no}}}} and mother Hwang Mong-un.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=안창호 (安昌浩) |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0035050 |access-date=1 April 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Korean Culture]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Oh |first=Byung-hak |title=(규장신앙위인북스 10) 안창호 |publisher=규장 |year=2012 |isbn=9788960972094 |language=ko}}</ref>{{efn|{{Korean|hangul=황몽운|labels=no}}}} Ahn came from the [[Sunheung Ahn clan]], and his ancestry can be traced back to the prominent [[Goryeo]] scholar [[An Hyang|Ahn Hyang]].

Ahn was born into an impoverished farming family during the unstable last few decades of the Joseon dynasty. He began studying at a [[seodang]] around age 8 in preparation for the [[gwageo]], the demanding civil service examinations that determined placement in government intellectual jobs. After his father died when he was around age 11, he was raised by his grandfather.<ref name=":3" />

Ahn changed his name around age 10; his father also changed his name from Ahn Kyo-jin to Ahn Heung-guk.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023|reason=I can't find any info on this}}

In 1895, 16-year-old Ahn was disturbed by the destruction of the [[First Sino-Japanese War]], and became determined to improve Korea. He moved to [[Seoul]] to receive a Western-style education at a Presbyterian missionary-sponsored school in Seoul run by [[Horace Grant Underwood]] and Rev. F. S. Miller called Kusehaktang.{{efn|{{Korean|hangul=구세학당|hanja=救世學堂|labels=no}}}} He studied there for three years, converting to Christianity and working for [[Oliver R. Avison|Dr. Oliver R. Avison]] at [[Chejungwon]],{{Citation needed|date=April 2023|reason=For working for Dr. claim; something not from the Dosan society. Ideally peer reviewed secondary source}} the first medical institution in Korea (now part of [[Yonsei University]] Medical Center).<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4" />

Around 1897, he joined the [[Independence Club]] and became a leader of its [[Pyongyang]] branch.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" /> Through this short-lived club, he gave speeches to crowds of hundreds and became associated with people who would become prominent in the independence movement, including [[Syngman Rhee]] and [[Yun Chi-ho]]. He also became engaged to his future wife Helen Ahn around this time.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />

He then returned to his home province of Pyeongan, and around 1899 established the Chŏmjin school,{{efn|{{Korean|hangul=점진학교|hanja=漸進學校|labels=no}}}} the first [[Mixed-sex education|coeducational]] school founded by a Korean, and the T'anp'ori Church.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />{{efn|{{Korean|hangul=탄포리교회|labels=no}}}} He then decided to further his education by going to the US. He married Helen on 3 September 1902, and shortly afterwards departed for the US.<ref name=":7" />