1866 - 1921
Samuel Cornell Plant British Sailor
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Details
| Birthday |
8th August, 1866
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| Birthplace |
Framlingham, Suffolk, England
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| Died |
26th February, 1921
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| Place of Death |
At sea en route from Shanghai to Hong Kong
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| Buried |
Hong Kong Cemetery
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| Zodiac Sign |
Leo
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
First Senior Upper Yangtze River Inspector
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| Occupation |
Sailor
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| Year(s) Active |
7 years
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Samuel Cornell Plant (8 August 1866 – 26 February 1921) was a British sailor who is best known as the first to command a merchant steamer plying on the Upper Yangtze River in 1900. The Upper Yangtze is the section of river stretching through gorges from Yichang to Chongqing. Plant later collaborated with Chinese merchants and the government to create Sichuan Steam Navigation Company, serving as Captain of SS Shutung and SS Shuhun, providing the first regular merchant steam service on the Upper Yangtze. He is further recognized for his contributions as Chinese Maritime Customs’ First Senior River Inspector on the Upper Yangtze. Plant installed the river's navigational marks, established signaling systems, wrote a manual for shipmasters, and trained hundreds of foreign and Chinese pilots.
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