Douglas Shadbolt (b. 1925) received his B.Arch. from the University of Oregon in 1957. He began his teaching career as an assistant professor of design and construction at the McGill University School of Architecture from 1958 until 1961. Other institutions at which he has taught and directed the school of architecture include the Nova Scotia Technical College (1961-8), Carleton University (1968-79) and the University of British Columbia (1979-90). Throughout his teaching career Shadbolt has been involved in the design of numerous architectural projects.

Shadbolt (né en 1925) a reçu un baccalauréat d'architecture de l'Université de l'Orégon en 1957. Il débuta sa carrière d'enseignant comme professeur adjoint de dessin et de construction à l'École d'architecture de l'Université McGill de 1958 à 1961. Au nombre des autres établissements dans lesquels il a enseigné et a dirigé l'école d'architecture, signalons le Nova Scotia Technical College (1961-1968), l'Université Carleton (1968-1979) et l'Université de la Colombie-Britannique (1979-1990). Tout au long de sa carrière d'enseignement, Shadbolt a réalisé plusieurs projets d'architecture.

Sir Edward Hobart Seymour was born on April 30, 1840, in Kinwarton, Warwickshire, England.

He was a Royal Navy officer. In 1901, he was promoted to full admiral and in 1902, he became a member of the Order of Merit instituted at the coronation of King Edward VII. In 1906, he was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order. He served in the Black Sea during the Crimean War (1853-1856). He then took part in the sinking of the war-junks (1857), the Battle of Canton (1857), and the Battle of Taku Forts during the Second Opium War (1858) and then again at the Battle of Cixi during the Taiping Rebellion (1862). In 1868, he joined the Coast Guard in Ireland and then became commanding officer of the gunboat HMS Growler on the West Coast of Africa Station in 1869. In 1870, he took part in operations against African pirates. He rendered particularly notable service in the Boxer rebellion (1900) when he commanded a force drawn from eight nations.

In 1910, he retired from the Navy and he died on March 2, 1929, in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.