Carl Hermann Credner was born on October 1, 1841, in Gotha, Thüringen, Germany.

He was a geologist and author who played a major role in the development of the modern earth sciences. After his studies of mining, mineralogy and geology, the University of Göttingen awarded him a doctorate in 1864. From 1864 to 1868, he made extensive geological investigations in North and Central America, the results of which were published in the Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, and the Neues Jahrhuch für Mineralogie. In 1870, he was appointed professor of geology at the University of Leipzig, and in 1872, director of the Geological Survey of Saxony. The same year, his textbook entitled “Elemente der Geologie” (“Elements of Geology”) was published for the first time. Credner’s main areas of work focussed on the geological mapping of Saxony and paleontological studies about Stegocephalia as well as macroscopic and instrumental observations of earthquakes. In 1911, the “Hermann-Credner-Stiftung” (Hermann Credner Foundation) was founded in his honour.

In 1888, he married Emma Geller (1862–1914). He died on July 21, 1913, in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.

George Silas Creed was born on May 27, 1829, in Lockhartville, Kings, Nova Scotia.

He was a postmaster living in South Rawdon, Nova Scotia. A few Mi'kmaq carvings found on the shores of Kejimkujik Lake, Nova Scotia in 1873 and documented by Joseph More sparked his keen interest in Mi'kmaq culture and inspired him to visit the site. He drafted the first detailed records of the carvings along the shores of Kejimkujik Lake and McGowan Lake. He completed his work in 1887-1888. Creed used a special method by tracing the outline of the petroglyphs with an aniline pencil and pressing moist paper against them. Moisture helped transfer the pencil ink onto the paper. This technique created a mirror or inverted image of the carvings. Creed was the first to document rock art in Nova Scotia. Compelled by his desire to preserve those fragile depictions from harsh weather conditions and vandalism, he created a work of legacy. These rock pictures, or petroglyphs, record the lives of the Mi'kmaq and the things they saw around them, including people, animals, daily activities such as hunting and fishing, and traditional clothing of the time. The McGowan Lake carvings are now underwater due to a hydroelectric dam built in the 1940s. Creed’s invaluable tracings are kept at the Nova Scotia Museum.

In 1853, he married Elizabeth Dimock (1831–1897). He died on February 1, 1899, in South Rawdon, Hants County, Nova Scotia.

Robert White Creeley was born on May 21, 1926, in Arlington, Massachusetts.

He was an American poet, writer, publisher, and professor. In 1943, he attended Harvard University but left to serve in the American Field Service in Burma and India in 1944–1945. He returned to Harvard in 1946 but graduated from Black Mountain College (B.A., 1955) and the University of New Mexico (M.A., 1960). He was a chicken farmer briefly in Littleton, New Hampshire, before becoming a teacher in 1949. From 1951 to 1955, Creeley and his family lived on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Together with the British writer Martin Seymour-Smith, they started a publishing company Divers Press. Creeley wrote about half of his published prose while living on the island, including a short-story collection, “The Gold Diggers” (1954), and a novel, “The Island” (1963). He taught at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (1961-1969, 1978-1980), University of British Columbia, Vancouver (1962-1963), and the State University of New York at Buffalo from 1967 to 2003, when he was appointed a professor at Brown University. Creeley received fame in 1962 for his poetry collection “For Love”. He won numerous awards, e.g., Leviton-Blumenthal Prize (1964); Shelley Award (1981) and Frost Medal (1987), both from Poetry Society of America; Chancellor Norton Medal (1999); Before Columbus Lifetime Achievement Award (1999); Bollingen Prize (1999), and Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award (with Edward Said), Lannan Literary Foundation (2001). He was the New York State Poet laureate from 1989 until 1991. Creeley was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003.

In 1946, he married Ann McKinnon (1925–2009). They divorced in 1957, and he remarried twice (1957 and 1977). He died on March 30, 2005, in Odessa, Texas.

Samuel Creelman was born on November 19, 1808, in Colchester, Nova Scotia.

He was a farmer, teacher, businessman, Justice of the Peace, politician, and office holder. He received a common-school education in Stewiacke, Nova Scotia and laboured on his father’s farm until he was of age. In 1843, he became a Justice of the Peace and a trustee of Truro Academy in Colchester. He was the financial secretary of the province from 1851 to 1856. He publicly supported teachers’ institutes and in 1854, he introduced a bill in the assembly for the creation of a provincial normal school. In 1865, he received a land grant in Upper Stewiacke from the province and by 1871 he had become a successful and prominent farmer. Creelman was also a businessman, making frequent investments in land and mortgages. He was a prominent member and officer in the Young Men’s Christian Association, the Sunday School Convention of the Maritime Provinces, and the Nova Scotia Bible Society. He was a member of the Stewiacke Literary Society, the Nova Scotia Historical Society and was also involved with the Nova Scotia Temperance Alliance.

In 1834, he married Elizabeth Elliot Ellis (1812–1904). He died on June 5, 1891, in Upper Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia.