Zhan Tianyou

Zhan Tianyou
Tien-Yow Jeme
Zhan Tianyou; Tien-Yow Jeme
詹天佑
	Zhan in October 1909
Born	26 April 1861; Namhoi, Canton, Qing China
Died	24 April 1919 (aged 57); Hankou, Republic of China
Alma mater	Yale University (PhB)
Known for	Father of China's Railroad
Chinese name
Chinese	詹天佑
Hanyu Pinyin
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]

^ "Jeme Tien Yow (Zhan Tianyou), Sheffield Scientific School class of 1881. - Yale University Library". collections.library.yale.edu. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^ Gao 2009, p. 425-6.
^ Boorman (1967), p. 12.

[1] "Jeme Tien Yow (Zhan Tianyou), Sheffield Scientific School class of 1881. - Yale University Library". collections.library.yale.edu. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[FOOTNOTEGao2009425-6-2] Gao 2009, p. 425-6.

[FOOTNOTEBoorman196712-3] Boorman (1967), p. 12.

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