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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:awardReceived
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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:child
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gptkb:Frank_Fleming
gptkb:John_Fleming
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gptkbp:citizenship
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gptkb:Canada
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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:education
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gptkb:Mechanics'_Institute,_Toronto
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gptkbp:employer
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gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Railway
gptkb:Grand_Trunk_Railway
gptkb:Intercolonial_Railway
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gptkbp:fieldOfWork
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railway engineering
time standardization
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gptkbp:honorificPrefix
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Sir
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sanford Fleming
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gptkbp:influenced
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global time zone system
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gptkbp:knighted
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1897
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Railway
designing first Canadian postage stamp
proposing worldwide standard time zones
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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:notableWork
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Threepenny Beaver (first Canadian postage stamp)
proposing Universal Standard Time
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:engineer
gptkb:inventor
drawing
survey engineer
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gptkbp:publishedIn
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Time-reckoning for the twentieth century
Intercolonial: a historical sketch of the inception, location, construction and completion of the line of railway uniting the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Quebec
England and Canada: a summer tour between old and new Westminster
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:Ottawa,_Ontario,_Canada
gptkb:Toronto,_Ontario,_Canada
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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gptkbp:restingPlace
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gptkb:Beechwood_Cemetery,_Ottawa
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Ann_Jean_Hall
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gptkbp:subjectOf
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Sanford Fleming Medal for Excellence in Science Communication
Fleming College, Ontario
Sanford Fleming Building, University of Toronto
Sanford Fleming Drive, Toronto
Sanford Fleming Foundation, University of Waterloo
Sanford Fleming Park, Halifax
Sanford Fleming Road, Ottawa
Sanford Fleming Secondary School, Toronto
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Bury_St_Edmunds_railway_station
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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