Sir Sandford Fleming

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
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:chancellor gptkb:Queen's_University
gptkbp:chancellorTerm 1880–1915
gptkbp:child gptkb:Frank_Fleming
gptkb:John_Fleming
gptkbp:deathDate 1915-07-22
gptkbp:deathPlace Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
gptkbp:designedBy Threepenny Beaver (first Canadian postage stamp)
gptkbp:education gptkb:Mechanics'_Institute,_Scotland
gptkbp:emigratedTo gptkb:Canada
1845
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Institute
gptkbp:hasWorkedWith gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Railway
gptkb:Intercolonial_Railway
gptkbp:honor gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George
gptkb:Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Sandford Fleming
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Railway_survey
designing first Canadian postage stamp
proposing worldwide standard time zones
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Fleming_Drive,_London,_Ontario
gptkb:Fleming_Hall_at_Queen's_University
gptkb:Fleming_Park,_Halifax
gptkb:Fleming_Tower,_Halifax
gptkb:Flemingdon_Park,_Toronto
gptkb:Sir_Sandford_Fleming_College,_Peterborough
gptkb:Sir_Sandford_Fleming_Park,_Halifax
gptkb:Sir_Sandford_Fleming_Secondary_School,_Toronto
Fleming College named after him
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Canada
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_London
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Canadian
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:inventor
drawing
survey engineer
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:John_Wycliffe_Lowes_Forster
gptkbp:proposedBy universal standard time
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:spouse gptkb:Ann_Jean_Hall
gptkbp:title Chief Engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Chief Engineer of the Intercolonial Railway
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Freemasonry
gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Railway
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5