Archibald Henry Sayce was born on September 25, 1845, in Shirehampton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.

He was a pioneer British Assyriologist and linguist. Despite frequent ill health as a child, he was a voracious reader, and by the age of 18, he taught himself to read some Ancient Egyptian, Sanskrit, and Hebrew and became interested in cuneiform. In 1865, he published his first academic paper, Cuneiform inscriptions of Van. He graduated from Queen's College, Oxford (B.A., 1869) and was elected a Fellow and Classical Lecturer. In 1870, he became a college tutor and was also ordained as a priest of the Church of England. In the early 1870s, Sayce was a regular weekly contributor to The Times and the New York Independent. In 1879, he resigned from his role as a college tutor to free up time for exploration and was instrumental in founding the Alexandria Museum in Cairo. In 1891, Sayce returned to Oxford to become the University's first Professor of Assyriology, a position he held until his retirement in 1915. He was the Hibbert (1887), Gifford (1900-1902) and Rhind Lecturer (1906) and travelled to Sudan, Ethiopia, and the Far East. He helped found the Society of Biblical Archaeology (1898-1919) and the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. After his retirement, Sayce continued to write and spent his time in Edinburgh, Oxford, and Egypt.

He died unmarried on February 4, 1933, in Bath, Somerset, England.

Born in St. Albans, VT, Charles Jewett Saxe (1870-1943) was educated in Montreal and worked as one of the original assistants of the architect Edward Maxwell (1867-1923). He left Maxwell's firm in 1897 to form a partnership with another Maxwell assistant, John Smith Archibald (1872-1934). Saxe and Archibald practised architecture together until 1914. From 1914 until his retirement in 1931 Saxe practised alone except from 1922 to 1927 when he practiced with John Melville Miller (1875-1948). His most noteworthy project was the Beaux-Arts design of the new Court House in Montreal, which he designed with Ernest Cormier.

Né à St. Albans (Vermont), Charles Jewett Saxe (1870-1943) a fait ses études à Montréal et a été l'un des premiers adjoints de l'architecte Edward Maxwell (1867-1923). Il a quitté le cabinet de Maxwell en 1897 pour s'associer à un autre adjoint de Maxwell, John Smith Archibald (1872-1934). Saxe et Archibald ont exercé leur profession ensemble jusqu'en 1914. Puis, de 1914 jusqu'au moment de sa retraite en 193 1, Saxe a continué d'exercer seul sauf de 1922 à 1927 où il exerça l'architecture avec John Melville Miller (1875-1948). Son projet le plus remarquable est le plan de style Beaux-Arts qu'il a conçu pour le nouveau palais de Justice de Montréal, réalisé en collaboration avec Ernest Cormier.

From 1922 to 1927 Charles Jewett Saxe (1870-1943) and John Melville Miller (1875-1948) practiced architecture from the same Montreal address. Miller was born in Montreal and trained for eight years in the office of the Montreal architect Alexander Francis Dunlop (1842-1923). From 1889 to 1900 Miller worked in Boston. After returning to Montreal Miller practiced in partnership with William Burnet Hutchison (1865-1959) and George Winks Wood (1863-1941) from 1908 until 1918. After his partnership with Hutchison and Wood dissolved Miller practiced alone. Saxe and Miller worked separately except for one project, the 1921 design of a new club house for the Royal Montreal Golf Club in Dorval, QC.

De 1922 à 1927, Charles Jewett Saxe (1870-1943) et John Melville Miller (1875-1948) ont exercé l'architecture ensemble. Miller est né à Montréal et a reçu sa formation en travaillant huit ans au cabinet de l'architecte montréalais Alexander Francis Dunlop (1842-1923). De 1889 à 1900, Miller a travaillé à Boston. Après être revenu à Montréal, il s'est associé à William Burnet Hutchison (1865-1959) et George Winks Wood (1863-1941) de 1908 à 1918. Lorsque l'association avec Hutchison et Wood prit fin, Miller continua d'exercer seul. Saxe et Miller ont travaillé séparément sauf dans le cas d'un projet : la conception, en 1921, du nouveau club house du Royal Montreal Golf Club de Dorval.

Charles Jewett Saxe (1870-1943) and John Smith Archibald (1872-1934) were co-workers at the architectural firm of Edward Maxwell (1867-1923). For a biography of Archibald see CAC 4, for a biography of Saxe see CAC 4.04. In 1897 Saxe and Archibald left Maxwell's employ to set up a partnership that was to last until 1915. Together they executed a number of designs for domestic architecture, as well as the Montefiore Club (1907), the Emmanuel Congregational Church (1906) and the Ecole Technique de Montreal (1909-11). Three of Saxe and Archibald's projects are documented by architectural drawings in the CAC archives.

For a more complete view of Saxe's practice the Charles Jewett Saxe Fonds, CAC 4.04 and Saxe and Miller Fonds, CAC 48 should also be consulted. For further information, see the CAC's publication, John S. Archibald and His Associates: A Guide to the Archive =John S. Archibald et ses associés: Guide du fonds. Montreal: Canadian Architectural Collection, Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art, McGill University, 1990. Also see Irene Puchalski. An Analysis of Four Building Types by John S. Archibald, Architect (1872-1934). M.A. Thesis. Montreal: Concordia University, 1991.

Charles Jewett Saxe (l870-1943) et John Smith Archibald (1872-1934) ont travaillé ensemble au cabinet d'architecture d'Edward Maxwell (1867-1923). Pour une biographie d'Archibald, voir CAC 4, pour une biographie de Saxe, voir CAC 4.04. En 1897, Saxe et Archibald ont quitté le cabinet de Maxwell pour former une association qui allait se maintenir jusqu'en 1914. Ensemble, ils ont dessiné plusieurs projets d'architecture domestique de même que le club Montefiore (1907), l'Emmanuel Congregational Church (1906) et l'École technique de Montréal (1909-1911). Trois des projets de Saxe et Archibald sont documentés par des dessins architecturaux déposés au fonds de la CAC.

Pour un aperçu plus complet de la pratique de Saxe il faudrait également consulter les fonds Charles Jewett Saxe, CAC 4.04 et Saxe et Miller, CAC 48. Pour plus de renseignements, veuillez consulter la publication de la CAC intitulée John S. Archibald and His Associates: A Guide to the Archive = John S. Archibald et ses associés: Guide du fonds, Montréal : Collection d'architecture canadienne, Bibliothèque Blackader-Lauterman d'architecture et d'art, Université McGill, 1990. Voir aussi Irene Puchalski. An Analysis of Four Building Types by John S. Archibald, Architect (1872-1934). Thèse de maîtrise. Montréal: Université Concordia, 1991.