Sandford Fleming

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Mechanics'_Institute,_Toronto
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George
gptkb:Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George
gptkbp:birthDate 1827-01-07
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Kirkcaldy,_Scotland
gptkbp:children gptkb:Frank_Fleming
gptkb:John_Fleming
gptkbp:contributedTo adoption of standard time in North America
adoption of standard time worldwide
transcontinental railway survey
gptkbp:deathDate 1915-07-22
gptkbp:deathPlace Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
gptkbp:designedBy Threepenny Beaver (Canada's first postage stamp)
gptkbp:education gptkb:Mechanics'_Institute,_Toronto
gptkbp:emigratedTo gptkb:Canada
1845
gptkbp:field cartography
civil engineering
railway engineering
time standardization
gptkbp:hasWorkedWith gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Railway
gptkb:Grand_Trunk_Railway
gptkb:Intercolonial_Railway
gptkbp:honor gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George
gptkb:Fleming_Medal_(Royal_Canadian_Institute)
Fleming College named after him
Canada Post commemorative stamp
Fleming Avenue in Ottawa named after him
Fleming Crescent in Regina named after him
Fleming Drive in London, Ontario named after him
Fleming Hall at Queen's University named after him
Fleming Park in Halifax named after him
Fleming Road in Hong Kong named after him
Fleming Street in Fredericton named after him
Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame inductee
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sandford Fleming
gptkbp:knownFor proposing worldwide standard time zones
chief engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway
designing Canada's first postage stamp
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Canada
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_London
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Canadian
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:inventor
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Universal_Day
24-hour clock system
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Terrestrial_Time
England and Canada: A Summer Tour Between Old and New Westminster
Time-reckoning for the twentieth century
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Beechwood_Cemetery,_Ottawa
gptkbp:signature Sandford Fleming signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ann_Jean_Hall
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Railway
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5