Sir Sandford Fleming (January 7, 1827 - July 22, 1915) was a prolific Scottish-born Canadian engineer and inventor, known for introducing Universal Standard Time and Canada's postage stamp, a huge body of surveying and map making, engineering much of the Intercolonial Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway, and a founding member of the Royal Society of Canada and founder of the Royal Canadian Institute, a science organization in Toronto. Wikipedia
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Educated first in Kennoway and Kirkcaldy, at age 14 Sandford Fleming became a pupil of the Scottish engineer and surveyor John Sang. www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41492
Synopsis The Nineteenth Century was the Age of Steam, an era when technical innovators like Sandford Fleming transformed the face of the industrial world and took on the stature of national heroes. www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?ID=10182
This was prompted by Fleming's observation of the difficulties imposed upon east-west travellers, particularly over long distances as in North America, by arbitrary variations in local time. ontarioplaques.com/Plaques_Toronto/Plaque_Toronto32.html
The Nineteenth Century was the Age of Steam, an era when technical innovators like Sandford Fleming transformed the face of the industrial world and took on the stature of national heroes. This Historica Minute captures the energy and spirit of the dynam www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10182
Sir Sandford Fleming (2002) A pioneer Canadian civil engineer and surveyor, Sandford Fleming is a leading historical figure in the development of the Canadian railway industry. Born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, in January 1827, Fleming immigrated to Canada in www.railfame.ca/sec_ind/heroes/en_2002_FlemmingS.asp