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	Fleming, Sir Sandford
		Fleming was an ardent advocate of an all-British railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts, and in 1863 presented to the Imperial authorities in London, England, a petition from the settlers at Red River, urging construction of a railway that would link that community with the BNA colonies further east (see RED RIVER COLONY).
		Fleming retired from the CPR when the Canadian government turned the project over to a private syndicate in 1880, but he continued to do consultative railway work.
		Fleming advocated the adoption of a standard or mean time and hourly variations from that according to established time zones.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&TCE_Version=A&ArticleId=A0002857 (542 words)

	Sandford Fleming, Sir Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Sandford Fleming was born on Jan. 7, 1827, at Kirkcaldy, Scotland, where he studied engineering and surveying.
		Fleming's reputation developed in the railway building boom of the 1850s, particularly when he was chief engineer of the Ontario, Simcoe, and Huron (later Northern) Railway, from 1857 to 1862.
		Fleming's professional and scientific horizons were further broadened through his association with British imperial transportation and communications leaders, his experience as adviser on railway construction to Newfoundland's government, and his service on an international development board for Montreal harbor.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/sandford-fleming-sir (849 words)

	Sandford Fleming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fleming was present when Donald Smith drove in the "last spike" in Craigellachie, British Columbia in 1885, now as a board member of the Canadian Pacific company.
		Fleming Hall was built in his honour at Queen's in 1901, and rebuilt after a fire in 1932.
		In Peterborough, Ontario, Fleming College, a Community College of Applied Arts and Technology bearing his name, was opened in the 1970s, with additional campuses in Lindsay/Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Cobourg.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sandford_Fleming (806 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		In 1863 Fleming, as a result of his intense lobbying, was the unanimous choice of the colonial governments as well as of the Colonial Office for the post of chief surveyor.
		Fleming subsequently organized the immense tasks of doing detailed surveys of the several proposed routes and of early construction; he himself took part in surveys when he could.
		Fleming’s inaugural address in 1880 made a powerful case for putting science at the centre of university education.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41492 (2704 words)

	Sir Sandford Fleming
		For Sandford Fleming the solution to this problem was a universal system of time, that would not only work for Halifax and Victoria, but for Paris and New Delhi as well.
		Fleming's idea was simple, straightforward, and practical, but it was new, and therefore difficult for people to accept.
		Fleming was even called a Communist for his "internationalist" notions, and reviled by some who believed that such interference with the nature of time was contrary to the will of God.
	www.histori.ca /minutes/minute.do?id=10182 (454 words)

	Sandford Fleming
		The enterprise was put in the hands of Fleming, as his opinions upon all subjects bearing upon railroads, as well as his engineering skill, were held now in the highest regard.
		Fleming has been a contributor to the periodical and permanent literature of the country, and his writings have been characterized by the originality, the information and the breadth of view that might be expected from
		Fleming married, in 1855, Anne Jean Hall, a daughter of the late Sheriff Hall of Peterboro’, and has issue; six children.
	www.electricscotland.com /History/canada/fleming_sandford.htm (853 words)

	Sir Sanford Fleming (1827-1915)
		Fleming was born on July 7, 1827, probably in Kirkaldy, Fife (Scotland), and emigrated to Quebec on the ship "Brilliant," leaving Glasgow, Scotland, on April 24, 1845, at age 17 years.
		Sir Sandford Fleming College, with campuses in many Ontario locations, was named in his honour.
		Grant, George M. Ocean to Ocean: Sandford Fleming's Expedition through Canada in 1872: Being a Diary Kept During a Journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific with the Expedition of the Engineer-in-Chief of the Canadian Pacific and Intercolonial Railways.
	webexhibits.org /daylightsaving/ref/Sandford.html (664 words)

	Sandford Fleming - Canadian History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		He was also for many years a director of the Hudson's Bay Company and of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
		[Sandford Fleming was also the designer of the first postage stamp of Canada in 1851.]He died at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on July 22, 1915.
		His chief publications were Railway inventions (Toronto, 1847), A railway to the Pacific through British territory (Port Hope, 1858), The Intercolonial (Montreal, 1876), and Canada and British imperial cables (Ottawa, 1900), besides numerous reports on railway surveys and construction work, and papers contributed to scientific periodicals.
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/encyclopedia/SandfordFleming-CanadianHistory.htm (431 words)

	Fleming Hall
		Fleming Hall is today a building comprised of two wings: the Jemmett Wing is in fact the original Fleming Hall, which was built between 1902-1904, and is now the southernmost of the two wings.
		In 1867, Sir Sandford Fleming was appointed the Chief Engineer of the Inter-Colonial Railway, which was intended to link Nova Scotia to central Canada and strengthen the newly established Confederation.
		Fleming was a driving force behind the laying of a telegraph cable from Canada to Australia, and was a voice for modernization in many areas of society.
	www.queensu.ca /secretariat/History/bldgs/flem.html (1046 words)

	UofC Schulich School of Engineering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Sandford Fleming Award was established in 1999 in honour of Sir Sandford Fleming, 1827 - 1915, Canada's formost railway surveyor and railway engineer of the 19th century.
		The Sandford Fleming Award is presented annually to a member of the CSCE who has made particularly outstanding contributions to the development and practice of transportation engineering in Canada.
		The Sandford Fleming Award for the year 2002 is granted to John Morrall, a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Calgary.
	www.eng.ucalgary.ca /awards/2002/Morrall-SandfordFlemming.htm (348 words)

	The Sanford Fleming 3 Pence Essay
		Sir Sandford Fleming was born Jan. 7, 1827 in Kilkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.
		Edward Fleming and myself is attached; also a 1750 (noted as 1780) woodcut of a Beaver Family at Work in Canada, the property of Sir Sandford Fleming and which inspired the stamp design".
		Fleming shows a line of coniferous trees at the right and scrub brush at the left rather than using the "palm-like" trees depicted in the 1780 print.
	www.stampauctionnetwork.com /articles/fleming.htm (6182 words)

	Chief Engineer: Life of a Nation Builder - Sandford Fleming. by Norman R. Ball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Chapters 2 and 6 present Fleming's unsuccessful attempts to argue for a slowly built railroad, but with no mention that this was a major issue or that other engineers, such as Thomas Coltrin Keefer, took a similar view.
		Fleming's career demonstrates his grasp of the importance of the telegraph as an important communications technology.
		That we are told, but nothing about the soundness of Fleming's decision, the originality of his research, which included oral-history techniques, or the long-term cost of this triumph of politics and boosterism over sound reasoning.
	www.utpjournals.com /product/chr/774/chief6.html (568 words)

	NewsRegister.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Fleming seemed to be in the right place at the right time with international trade and transportation being revolutionized through steam power.
		The author weaves a somewhat tortured story of Fleming's efforts using a vocabulary that would make Scrabble players wince, and his use of the first person seems out of place except in the forward and the afterword.
		Also, there are great gaps where Fleming never emerges - but we do learn the year Frank Sinatra was born and receive extensive reviews of the minor works of the major British and American writers of the period.
	www.newsregister.com /news/story_print.cfm?story_no=173733 (338 words)

	The man (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Sandford Fleming was born Kirkaldy, Scotland in 1827.
		Sir Sandford Fleming was a very intelligent man and his scientific and artistic abilities involved him in many accomplishments for Canada.
		Fleming intially proposed the idea in 1879 to the Royal Canadian Institute and then again at the Prime Meridian Conference in October of 1884 where the need for a standard time was discussed because the speed of communication and travel was increasing.
	fleming.vsb.bc.ca /man.htm (429 words)

	Great Scotsmen - Sir Sandford Fleming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Fleming was the Scottish born Chief Engineer responsible for building the transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway that joined the Canadian East coast to West.
		Fleming wasn’t about to let time stand in the way of his greatest ever achievement and decided to solve the problem once and for all.
		For five years, Fleming conducted a one-man crusade to persuade first the Canadian Government and then every other Government in the world to adopt these new time zones and set their clocks according to the new single standard.
	www.firstfoot.com /GreatScot/sandford_fleming.htm (566 words)

	Fleming: Sir Sandford Fleming
		The 18-year-old Sandford and his older brother, David, arrived in Peterborough by horse-drawn cart on June 17 1845, where Sandford made his home with Dr. and Mrs.
		Fleming was always searching for broader horizons and greater challenges.
		Fleming was present when Donald A. Smith drove in the "last spike" in 1885.
	www.flemingc.on.ca /Fleming/SSFleming.cfm (426 words)

	Sir Sandford Fleming - 2001 North America Railway Hall of Fame Inductee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Sanford Fleming was born in Kirkaldy, Scotland on July 7, 1827.
		Sandford Fleming also designed the first Canadian stamp, known as the three penny beaver.
		Fleming retired in 1880 and was knighted in 1897.
	www.narhf.org /nar01/NAR01awards_fleming.html (205 words)

	Sir Sandford Fleming: Canada's Inventor of Standard Time
		Sandford Fleming became Sir Sandford Fleming in 1897, when he was knighted.
		Fleming was the Chief Engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway and he found the existing times chaotic for organizing trains, their arrival and departure times.
		Fleming felt the solution to his railway woes was the adoption of a universal method of time that would work in Canada and around the world.
	www.canadianaconnection.com /cca/fleming.htm (303 words)

	Sir Sandford Fleming Academy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		In 1996, Sir Sandford Fleming high school became an academy where students wear uniforms and strive for academic excellence.
		The school was named after a great inventor, Sir Sandford Fleming who designed standard time and time zones and who was instrumental in bringing the railroad across Canada.
		Ten young people from Fleming will act as summer camp counsellors for 75 elementary school students from Baycrest Public school which for the second year will hold a literacy/sports summer camp at Fleming.
	schools.tdsb.on.ca /sirsandfordfleming (339 words)

	Sir Sandford Fleming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		A t the age of 18, armed with a little formal training in surveying and engineering, Fleming emigrated to Canada from Kirkcaldy, Scotland.
		He also proposed the present system of standard time, by which the world is divided into 24 equal time zones.
		Radisson/ Mackenzie/ Ware/ Fleming/ Bartlett/ Verchères/ Riel/ Poundmaker/ Slick/ Gables/ Owl/ Kurelek
	www.nlc-bnc.ca /2/6/h6-212-e.html (131 words)

	Fleming Sir Sandford - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Fleming Sir Sandford - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Fleming, Sir Sandford (1827-1915), Scottish-born engineer, explorer, and surveyor, the inventor of standard time, and one of the instrumental...
		Fleming, Sir Alexander (1881-1955), British bacteriologist and Nobel laureate, best known for his discovery of penicillin.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Fleming_Sir_Sandford.html (108 words)

	Fleming College
		Natural beauty and a unique Canadian culture are an integral part of life at Fleming, where you will always feel safe and the students and staff will help you with all your needs.
		Fleming College has been providing quality education since 1967 and boasts more than 40,000 graduates from around the world.
		Fleming College enjoys agreements with many universities (local, national and international) that will give you full credit for your studies at Fleming College and permit you to obtain a university degree in just eleven to eighteen months of additional study.
	www.studyusa.com /factshts/fleming.asp (622 words)

	Sir Sandford Fleming- Father of Standard Time (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		It was adopted in 1884 and we still use this system today.
		Fleming designed the "Three-Penny Beaver," Canada's first adhesive postage stamp in 1851.
		Issued in 1851, it cost three pennies and depicted the beaver, now the national animal of Canada.
	www.occdsb.on.ca /~sel/cahero/sir_sandford_fleming.htm (149 words)

	Amazon.com: Time Lord : Sir Sandford Fleming and the Creation of Standard Time: Books: Clark Blaise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Fleming discovered that getting the world onto the same schedule required years of negotiating and browbeating, a nightmare that Blaise ably recounts.
		Fleming was born in Scotland, and immigrated to Canada to do surveying.
		Stanford Fleming appears, in this book, to be a capable man but he did not so much create the GMT standard as act as an agent who assisted when the technology and the market were ready.
	www.amazon.com /Time-Lord-Sandford-Creation-Standard/dp/B0001OOU88 (2509 words)

	U of T Structural Engineering Tour - Sandford Fleming Structures Laboratory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The machine with the silver columns and three horizontal cylinders on the right is a Mobile MTS Testing Machine used to apply forces to test structural elements.Behind this is a Reaction Wall used in 2D and 3D analysis of structures.
		The Sandford Fleming laboratory also houses the Thermal Testing Facility which is utilized for studying the behaviour of reinforced concrete subjected to thermal and mechanical loads such as those which may be experienced in a nuclear containment vessel.
		The Sandford Fleming laboratory is also serviced by a ten ton capacity overhead crane, used to facilitate placement of large specimens, and also contains a modern welding bay capable of flux-cored, gas-shielded and submerged arc welding processes.
	www.civ.utoronto.ca /sect/streng/tour/SFSL.htm (476 words)

	Sandford Fleming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Sandford Fleming was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, and in 1845, at the age of 17, he emigrated with his older brother David to Ontario (then the colony of Upper Canada).
		Over the next few years he supervised both the Intercolonial and the Canadian Pacific Railway, a job he completed in 1876.
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	sandford-fleming.kiwiki.homeip.net (736 words)

	SFF - Home Page
		The Sandford Fleming Foundation's primary objective is to foster and create an enriched academic environment for co-operative engineering students.
		The Sandford Fleming Foundation is a "not for profit" organization associated with the Faculty of Engineering at Waterloo.
		Although he never held a publicly elected office, Sir Sandford Fleming was truly one of the real builders of Canada, an exemplar to all engineers.
	www.eng.uwaterloo.ca /~sff (191 words)

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