Tan Chay Yan
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 108 years ago |
Date of birth | January 1,1870 |
Born | Malacca |
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Died | Malacca |
Malaysia | |
Date of died | March 6,1916 |
Parents | Tan Teck Guan |
Grandchildren | Tan Jiew Hoe |
Grandparents | Tan Tock Seng |
Great grandparent | Tan Guat Teong |
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Children | Tan Hoon Siang |
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ID | 4144250 |
Tan Chay Yan Life story
Tan Chay Yan was a rubber plantation merchant and philanthropist. A Peranakan, Tan is the grandson of philanthropist Tan Tock Seng by his father, Tan Teck Guan. Tan was noted in Malayan history as the first man to plant rubber on a commercial basis, after he was introduced to rubber planting by Henry Nicholas Ridley.