Zhan Tianyou

Chinese railroad engineer (1861-1919) · Died at 57

Zhan Tianyou, or Tien-Yow Jeme, 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, the first railway constructed in China without foreign assistance.

Zhan Tianyou is read about 102 times a day, in 12 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 23 August 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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