Jeme Tien Yow
Jeme Tien Yow (詹天佑; Pinyin : Zhān Tiānyòu; * 1861 ; † 1919 ) was a Chinese engineer and pioneer of railway construction. He is the builder of the first Chinese railway line from Beijing to Zhangjiakou to be built without foreign aid , which is now part of the Jing Bao railway line from Beijing to Baotou in Inner Mongolia .
The former residence of Jeme Tien Yow ( Zhan Tianyou guju ) in Wuhan has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (5-498) since 2001 .
Web links
- Zhan Tianyou - English
- Zhan Tianyou Memorial Museum - English
- Zhan Tianyou, the Father of Railway in China - English
Individual evidence
- ^ FC Coleman: The Peking-Kalgan Railway . In: Scientific American . tape 105 , no. 19 , November 4, 1911, ISSN 0036-8733 , p. 409-411 , doi : 10.1038 / scientificamerican11041911-409 ( nature.com [accessed April 25, 2020]).
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| SURNAME | Jeme, Tien Yow |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | chinese engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1861 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1919 |