Antonio Archilei was born on March 12, 1543, in Albano Laziale, Italy.

He was an Italian singer, composer, and luth player of the second half of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century. He was one of the composers of the musical interludes of "La Pellegrina,” a comedy by Girolamo Bargagli, created for the celebrations of the marriage of Grand Duke Ferdinand I de Medici and Christina of Lorraine in Florence. These interludes are of great historical interest because they are considered the most direct "ancestors" of opera. It was also the opportunity for Antonio Archilei to perform his most famous work, “Dalle più alte sfere,” still performed today.

In 1582, he married the famous singer Vittoria Concarini, and, they had a son, Ferdinando. He died on January 1, 1612, in Florence, Italy.

Rev. John Howard Archibald was born on January 26, 1839, in Truro, Nova Scotia.

He was a Presbyterian clergyman. In 1870, he settled in the congregation at Euroa Duck Pond, Longwood, in Australia.

In 1876, he married Charlotte Elizabeth Stewart (1845–1920). He died on January 1, 1902, in Saint Leonards Creek, Walcha Shire, New South Wales, Australia.

Isaac Adams Archibald was born on April 1, 1823, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

He was a schoolteacher. In 1846, he left Nova Scotia as part of a Presbyterian missionary expedition to the South Seas islands of New Hebrides (now Vanuatu). He taught in Sydney before settling in the Clarence region, New South Wales.

In 1846, he married Eliza Ann McKenzie (1827–1868), and in 1880, he remarried Sarah Turton (1844–1926). He died on October 18, 1893, in Central Cumberland, New South Wales.