List of Famous people named Sandford

Here are some famous Sandfords:

Sandford Fleming

First Name Sandford

Last Name Fleming

Born on January 7, 1827

Died on July 22, 1915 (aged 88)

Born in United Kingdom, Scotland

Sir Sandford Fleming was a Scottish Canadian engineer and inventor. Born and raised in Scotland, he emigrated 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, left a huge body of surveying and map making, engineered much of the Intercolonial Railway and 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.

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Sandford Nevile

First Name Sandford

Last Name Nevile

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