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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:Mechanics'_Institute,_Toronto
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gptkbp:awarded
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gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George
gptkb:Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1827-01-07
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Kirkcaldy,_Scotland
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Frank_Fleming
gptkb:John_Fleming
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gptkbp:contributedTo
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adoption of standard time in North America
adoption of standard time worldwide
transcontinental railway survey
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1915-07-22
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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gptkbp:designedBy
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Threepenny Beaver (Canada's first postage stamp)
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Mechanics'_Institute,_Toronto
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gptkbp:emigratedTo
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gptkb:Canada
1845
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gptkbp:field
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cartography
civil engineering
railway engineering
time standardization
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gptkbp:hasWorkedWith
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gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Railway
gptkb:Grand_Trunk_Railway
gptkb:Intercolonial_Railway
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gptkbp:honor
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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
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sandford Fleming
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gptkbp:knownFor
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proposing worldwide standard time zones
chief engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway
designing Canada's first postage stamp
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Canada
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_London
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:Canadian
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:engineer
gptkb:inventor
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gptkbp:proposedBy
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gptkb:Universal_Day
24-hour clock system
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gptkbp:publishedIn
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gptkb:Terrestrial_Time
England and Canada: A Summer Tour Between Old and New Westminster
Time-reckoning for the twentieth century
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gptkbp:restingPlace
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gptkb:Beechwood_Cemetery,_Ottawa
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gptkbp:signature
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Sandford Fleming signature.svg
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Ann_Jean_Hall
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Railway
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