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To was born and raised in Hamhǔng.
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He earned a doctoral degree at Vienna University in Austria in 1935, was perhaps the first Korean archaeologist and among the first Korean academics to have received their training overseas. Do became a professor at Kim Il Sung University in Py"ǒngyang in 1947 and served as the director of a number of archaeological institutes through the 1960s. He also served in several capacities in the North Korean government, including as a representative in the Supreme People"s Assembly in the early 1960s and in the National Assembly Standing Committee from the mid-1960s.
To was responsible for leading archaeological excavations at North Korean sites such as Kulp"o-ri, Ch"itam-ni, Odong, Allak, Ch"o-do, and Kungsan-ni.
To"s major monograph, Chosǒn Wonsi Kogohak, laid the groundwork for archaeological research in North of Korea from the 1960s through the 1990s.
