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Phan Bội Châu

1867–1940 · 20th century · Also known as Phan Boi Chau

Phan Bội Châu was a Vietnamese nationalist and scholar who sought to free Vietnam from French rule. He founded the Modernisation Society in 1904 and the Đông Du movement, which sent young Vietnamese to study in Japan, and later formed a revolutionary league in China. Seized by French agents in Shanghai in 1925, he spent his last years under house arrest in Huế.

Phan Bội Châu
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Phan Bội Châu. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/phan-boi-chau
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