George Stanley, Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the Flag of Canada (born 1907)

George Stanley

Canadian historian and designer of the Canadian Flag (1907-2002)

Colonel George Francis Gillman Stanley was a Canadian author, soldier, historian at Mount Allison University, public servant, and designer of the Canadian Flag.

Flag of Canada

The National flag of Canada, popularly referred to as the Maple Leaf, consists of a red field with a white square at its centre in the ratio of 1∶2∶1, in which is featured one stylized, red, 11-pointed maple leaf charged in the centre. It is the first flag to have been adopted…