Zhan Tianyou
✓ Source-basedrisingChinese railroad engineer (1861-1919)
Lived 1861 to 1919 · aged 57
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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.
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Yue-Kong PaoAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong
Wu Lien-tehAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong
Elsie LeungAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong
Murray MacLehoseAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong
Hsing YunAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong
Malcolm MacDonaldAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong
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Lived 1861 to 1919 · aged 57
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