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jeme, tien-yow.-born in canton, 1861. married, 1886. studied at chinese educational mission school, shanghai. arrived in america, september, 1872. government support. studied civil engineering at yale university, 1881. ph.b., 1881. elected to alpha chi, september, 1878. awarded freshman mathematics prize, 1879; junior mathematics prize,

1880. retnrned to china, august, 1881. graduated from naval school in foochow arsenal, july, 1882. teacher: foochow arsenal naval school, 1884; whampoo government school, 1884-88. assistant engineer, resident engineer, district engineer, and chief engineer of various railways and the peking-kalgan railway, 1888-1912. president, kwangtung branch, canton-hankow railway co., 1911-13. assistant director general, canton-hankow-sze-chuen railway, 1912-14; director general, 1914 to date. chin shih, 1910. third class chia ho decoration, 1912; second class chia ho decoration, 1914. ll.d., hongkong university, 1916. associate member, institute of civil engineers, london, 1894; member, 1911. member, american society of civil engineers, 1909. member and president, chinese institute of engineers, 1912. author of several books in chinese on railway enginnering.