Sandford Fleming

Sandford Fleming

Brother Sandford Fleming January 7th 1827 – July 22nd 1915 Member of: St. Andrew’s Lodge #1 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Scottish Canadian engineer and inventor. Born and raised in Scotland, he emigrated to colonial Canada at the age of 18. He proposed worldwide...
Stamford Raffles

Stamford Raffles

Brother Stamford Raffles Member of: Lodge Virtutis et Artis Amici, in Buitenzorg, Java, under the Grand Orient of the Netherlands. British statesman, Lieutenant-Governor of British Java (1811–1815) and Governor-General of Bencoolen (1817–1822), best known for his...
John Frémont

John Frémont

Brother John Fremont January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890 American military officer, explorer, and politician who became the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. During the 1840s, when he led four...
Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda

Brother Swami Vivekananda January 12th 1863 – July 4, 1902 Member of: Lodge Anchor and Hope #1 in Kolkata, India Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies...
Nathaniel Palmer

Nathaniel Palmer

Brother Nathaniel Palmer August 8th 1799 –  June 21st 1877 American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer. He was born in Stonington, Connecticut. First American to see...