Sandford Fleming Biography

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NAME: Sandford Fleming
OCCUPATION: Engineer
BIRTH DATE: January 07, 1827
DEATH DATE: July 22, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
PLACE OF DEATH: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Full Name: Sir Sandford Fleming
AKA: Sandford Fleming

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Sandford Fleming was a civil engineer and scientist best known as the chief railway engineer of Canada in the 19th century.

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Sandford Fleming was a civil engineer and scientist. He emigrated from Scotland in 1845 to Canada, and by 1857, was the foremost engineer for the Ontario, Simcoe, and Huron Railways. In 1871, he became the engineer-in-chief of the Canadian Pacific Railway until his retirement in 1880. From 1880 to 1915, he served as chancellor of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Throughout these years, Fleming devoted himself to writing and scientific research, with contributions to the establishment of standard time zones and telegraph communication. In 1851, he deigned Canada's first postage stamp, the three penny beaver. He was knighted in 1897.