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Shin Seok-ho (March 8, 1904 - January 22, 1904) - February 13, 1981) was a South Korean historian.

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Born in Bonghwa-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do in the 8th year of Gwangmu (1904 AD), he obtained a bachelor's degree in the history department of Gyeongseong Imperial University. He served as an investigator of the Joseon History Compilation Society (1930-1937) and an investigator (1938-1940). After working as a professor at Korea University for 20 years, he retired in 1966, served as the dean of the College of Literature at Sungkyunkwan University from 1966 to 1970, and as the graduate director of Yeungnam University from 1971 to 1974. He served as the head of the Korean Embassy (23 March 1946 – March 1949). He served as the concurrent chairman of the Korean History Compilation Committee (March 1949 - February 1965) as Minister of Culture and Education.

Achievement
Taking advantage of his experience working for the Joseon History Collection Society, he stole the original glass plate of the Japanese Embassy in Korea, which was intended to be removed by the Japanese after liberation, just before the incineration, contributing to revealing the Japanese invasion.

Based on this data, the Korean History Compilation Committee (Current History Compilation Committee) was established, which became the birthplace of a research institute on Korean history after liberation. Shortly after liberation, he was one of the most knowledgeable scholars of modern and contemporary Japanese materials.

In 1947, he participated in an academic survey of Dokdo by the Korean Mountaineering Association. In December 1948, he published a paper proving Korea's sovereignty over Dokdo in the history magazine Dead Sea. Since then, this article has been evaluated as setting the basic framework for Korea's Dokdo perception and policy as well as Dokdo research.

Criticism
It was included in the list of prospective candidates for the National Institute of Korean Studies's pro-Japanese biographical dictionary published in 2008 and is included in the list of 10 people who are the first Japanese remnants of Korea University's 100 years.