Sandford Fleming
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Scottish-born Canadian engineer and inventor (1827-1915)
OverviewAI-generated
Sandford Fleming (1827–1915) was a male author from the United Kingdom. His written works include *The unit measure of time*, *Papers on time-reckoning and the selection of a prime meridian to be common to all nations*, and *Note on ocean steam navigation*. Other publications listed are *Exploratory survey of 1871* and *Letter from S. Fleming to R.S. Aytoun, Esq., M.P.*.
Fleming’s bibliography includes 26 works, with five specifically cataloged in Crossref records. His writings have been referenced by 212 other encyclopedia articles. He is associated with the genres of audiobook, spy, and thriller.
Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1827
- Died
- 1915
- Works
- 26
Top works
- Exploratory survey of 1871
- Letter from S. Fleming to R.S. Aytoun, Esq., M.P.
- Note on ocean steam navigation
- The unit measure of time
- Papers on time-reckoning and the selection of a prime meridian to be common to all nations
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1908-05-28
- Active to
- 1964-08-12
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Integrated analysis of multimodal single-cell data
· 2021 · cited 15,088x
- Use of Chemotherapy plus a Monoclonal Antibody against HER2 for Metastatic Breast Cancer That Overexpresses HER2
· 2001 · cited 9,347x
- Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
· 2014 · cited 9,237x
- The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary
· 2000 · cited 8,922x
- The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project
· 2013 · cited 8,578x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1827-01-07 ) January 7, 1827, Kirkcaldy , Scotland
- Died
- July 22, 1915 (1915-07-22) (aged 88), Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada
- Occupations
- engineer and inventor
- Allegiance
- Canada
- Branch
- Canadian Militia
- Service years
- 1862–1865
- Rank
- Captain
- Unit
- 10th Volunteer Battalion of Rifles
- Known for
- Inventing, most notably standard time
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Sandford Fleming (January 7, 1827 – July 22, 1915) was a Scottish Canadian engineer and inventor. Born and raised in Scotland, he immigrated to colonial Canada at the age of 18. He promoted worldwide standard time zones, a prime meridian, and use of the 24-hour clock as key elements to communicating the accurate time, all of which influenced the creation of Coordinated Universal Time. He designed Canada's first postage stamp, produced a great deal of work in the fields of land surveying and map making, engineered much of the Intercolonial Railway and the first several hundred kilometers of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and was a founding member of the Royal Society of Canada and founder of the Canadian Institute (a science organization in Toronto).
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sandford Fleming” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.