摘要
1861年,詹天佑出生于南海县,即今广东省佛山市南海区。他是一位开拓性的中国铁路工程师。由于他一生为设计和建造14条铁路做出了巨大贡献,他被誉为“中国铁路之父”。1872年,当他还是一名11岁的学生时,作为中国第一批公派留学生,他被选派去往美国。
Zhan Tianyou was born in 1861 in Nanhai which is now in Nanhai District,Foshan City,Guangdong Province.He was a pioneering Chinese railway engineer.Today,he is known as the“Father of China’s Railway”,due to his great contributions to designing and building 14 railways during his life.
