Jeme tien yow biography of michael
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Zhan Tianyou
Chinese railroad engineer (1861–1919)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhan (Jeme).
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".
Background
Jeme was born in Namhoi (now spelt Nanhai) county (now part of Guangzhou) in Guangdong.
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His family, which had long participated in business and commerce, came from Wuyuan County in Huizhou, Anhui (now in Jiangxi). In 1872, as a twelve-year-old, he was chosen by Qing (Ch'ing) imperial officials to be sent to the United States as part of the Chinese Educational Mission.
Together with thirty boys of similar age,