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Zhan Tianyou
Chinese railroad engineer (1861–1919) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zhan Tianyou, or Tien-Yow Jeme[1] (Chinese: 詹天佑; 26 April 1861 – 24 April 1919), was a pioneering Chinese railroad engineer. Educated in the United States, he was the chief engineer responsible for construction of the Peking-Kalgan Railway (Beijing to Zhangjiakou), the first railway constructed in China without foreign assistance. For his contributions to railroad engineering in China, Jeme is known as the "Father of China's Railroad".[2][3]
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Zhan Tianyou Tien-Yow Jeme | |||||||||||||||
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Born | (1861-04-26)26 April 1861 | ||||||||||||||
Died | 24 April 1919(1919-04-24) (aged 57) | ||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Yale University (PhB) | ||||||||||||||
Known for | Father of China's Railroad | ||||||||||||||
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Chinese | 詹天佑 | ||||||||||||||
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