Sir sandford fleming biography

 

Sir Sandford Fleming lived from 7 January 1827 to 22 July 1915. He was a Scots-born Canadian engineer and inventor, best known for proposing time zones.

The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.

Sandford Fleming was born in Kirkcaldy in Fife. In 1846, at the age of 18, he emigrated with his older brother David to Ontario.

In 1849 Fleming founded the Royal Canadian Institute.

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Two years later he designed the Threepenny Beaver, the first Canadian postage stamp. Meanwhile he was employed as a surveyor for the Grand Trunk Railway. In 1855, at the age of 27, he became Chief Engineer of the Northern Railway of Canada, replacing many wooden bridges with iron bridges.

Fleming became Chief Engineer of the Northern Railway of Canada in 1855, and three years later proposed building a railway right across Canada.

He was later appointed as surveyor for