In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhan (Jeme).
Zhan Tianyou Tien-Yow Jeme
詹天佑
Zhan in October 1909
Born
(1861-04-26)26 April 1861
Namhoi, Canton, Qing China
Died
24 April 1919(1919-04-24) (aged 57)
Hankou, Republic of China
Alma mater
Yale University (PhB)
Known for
Father of China's Railroad
Chinese name
Chinese
詹天佑
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhān Tiānyòu
Wade–Giles
Chan1 T'ien1-you4
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jīm Tīn-yauh
Jyutping
zim1 tin1 jau6
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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