Sir Sandford Fleming By Janderson22 Jan 7, 1827 Born Apr 22, 1845 Immigrated to Canada from Scotland May 4, 1849 Founded the Royal Canadian Institute in Toronto Oct 24, 1850 Designed an early in-line skate Mar 31, 1851 Designed Canada's first postage stamp, called the Three Pence Beaver Jan 21, 1857 Was the best engineer for the Ontario, Simcoe, and Huron railways Jan 21, 1871 Became engineer-in-chief of the Canadian Pacific Railway Jan 21, 1878 Invented Standard time Jan 21, 1880 Retired Period: Jan 21, 1880 to Jan 21, 1915 Served as Chancellor of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario Jan 21, 1884 Put together the International Prime Meridian Conference in Washington Jan 21, 1897 Knighted for the postage stamp Jul 22, 1915 Died
