Sir Sandford Fleming

1827 - 1915

Canadian railway engineer, born in Kirkcaldy. He surveyed many of the major Canadian railway routes and became Chief Engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1872. In 1884, he devised a system of standard time, in which the world was divided into zones, which is now internationally recognised.

He was knighted in 1897 and his name is remembered in the Sir Sandford Fleming College in Ontario, Canada.

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