Fleming, Sandford ♂

Education

LL.D. 9.2.1884.

Birth/childhood

Born 7.1.1827 son of Andrew Greig Fleming, cabinet maker, Kirkcaldy and Elizabeth Arnot.

Career

Educated Kennoway and Kirkcaldy then apprenticed to John Sang, engineer. Emigrated to Canada 1845. [Engineer]

Civil engineer, Canadian railways. Chancellor, Queens University, Kingston.

President, Royal Society of Canada 1888-1889.

Publications

The unit measure of time. Address at the opening of Section III of the Royal Society of Canada, by the president, Dr Sandford Fleming, May 27th, 1890. ([s.l.]: [s.n.], 1890)

Death

Died 22.6.1915.

Sources

• Who was Who
• Births Reg. Kirkcaldy