Sanford Fleming

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Mechanics'_Institute,_Toronto
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George
gptkbp:birthDate 1827-01-07
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Kirkcaldy,_Scotland
gptkbp:child gptkb:Frank_Fleming
gptkb:John_Fleming
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:deathDate 1915-07-22
gptkbp:deathPlace Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
gptkbp:education gptkb:Mechanics'_Institute,_Toronto
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Railway
gptkb:Grand_Trunk_Railway
gptkb:Intercolonial_Railway
gptkbp:fieldOfWork railway engineering
time standardization
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sanford Fleming
gptkbp:influenced global time zone system
gptkbp:knighted 1897
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Railway
designing first Canadian postage stamp
proposing worldwide standard time zones
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Canada
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_London
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Canadian
gptkbp:notableWork Threepenny Beaver (first Canadian postage stamp)
proposing Universal Standard Time
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:inventor
drawing
survey engineer
gptkbp:publishedIn 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
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Ottawa,_Ontario,_Canada
gptkb:Toronto,_Ontario,_Canada
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Beechwood_Cemetery,_Ottawa
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ann_Jean_Hall
gptkbp:subjectOf 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
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bury_St_Edmunds_railway_station
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6