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Edward Martin Colie was born on October 27, 1852, in Millburn, Essex County, New Jersey.

He was a prominent Newark, New Jersey attorney, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, former president of the Alumni Association of the College of the City of New York, and a member of the Association for the Advancement of Science.

In 1878, he married Caroline Matilda Runyon (1857–1925). He died on May 6, 1931, in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.

Edgar Andrew Collard, CM (6 September 1911-9 September 2000); Canadian journalist and historian, best known for his Montreal Gazette column; born in Montreal, Quebec; received his M.A. in history from McGill University in 1937; first issue of his column "All Our Yesterdays" appeared in The Montreal Gazette on August 14, 1944, and appeared every weekend until August 2000, with each column addressing an episode or aspect of Montreal history; editor-in-chief of The Gazette from 1953 to 1971; married the historian Elizabeth Collard; won the National Newspaper Award for editorial writing four times; made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1976

John Collett was born on January 6, 1828, in Eugene, Vermillion County, Indiana.

In 1847, he graduated from Wabash College with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1870, he was elected to the State Senate from Parke and Vermillion Counties. In politics, he was first a Whig and then a Republican. Senator Collett spearheaded a bill to make public drunkenness a crime, supported holding livestock owners responsible for their cattle and pigs running loose, and promoted gravel roads when many of Indiana’s roadways were still morasses of mud in the winter and spring. He also strove to make children’s education mandatory, build a state mental hospital, and provide homes for orphans. Though he was a widely renowned expert on rocks, fossils, and Hoosier landforms, Collett wasn’t appointed State Geologist until 1879. In 1883, he produced the first geological map of Indiana ever published. His scientific investigations helped Indiana become the greatest limestone-producing state in the U.S. and were also useful to coal miners and engineers.

He died on March 15, 1899, in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.