Zhan Tianyou
Zhan Tianyou Tien-Yow Jeme | |||||||||||||||
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| 詹天佑 | |||||||||||||||
Zhan in 1918 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 April 1861 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 April 1919 (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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Zhan Tianyou, or Tien-Yow Jeme (Chinese: 詹天佑; 26 April 1861 – 24 April 1919), was a pioneering Chinese railroad engineer who is known as the "Father of China's Railroad". 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.