Sir Sandford Fleming (January 7, 1827 – July 22, 1915)
Sir Sandford Fleming was a Scottish Canadian engineer and inventor. He was born on January 7. He wanted to make the world a less chaotic place, and for everyone to agree on one thing.
It was time so he proposed world wide standard time zones. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed as a surveyor in canada but in 1845, at the age of 18, he emigrated with his older brother David. In 1849 Sir Sandford inaugurated the Royal Canadian Institute with his several friends.
In 1851 he designed the Threepenny Beaver, which was the first Canadian postage stamp. His work eventually gained for him and he gained the position of Chief Engineer at Northern Railway of Canada in 1855, where he proposed the construction of iron bridges instead of wood for safety reasons.
| Sir Sandford Fleming | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Sir Sandford Fleming by John Wycliffe Lowes Forster | |
| January 7, 1827 Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | |
| July 22, 1915 (aged 88) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | |
| engineer and inventor | |
| Inventing, most notably standard time | |
After missing a train in ireland in 1876 only because of written schedule listed p.m. rather than a.m. He proposed one 24-hour clock for the complete world, situated at the centre of the world.
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