Aubrey Thomas Mussen was born in Lachine, Quebec, on 21 December 1873, the son of William Mussen and Georgiana Hurlbert. He graduated from the McGill Medical School in 1900. After graduation, he married Virginia Reiman Hack (1881-1957). The couple moved to London so that Mussen could pursue his studies in pathology. He worked at the National Hospital in 1905-1906 and 1908 with Victor Horsley and Robert Clarke, two British neurosurgeons known for pioneering a stereotactic instrument that clamps onto the head in order to provide Cartesian coordinates of the brain for use in surgery and dissection. In 1909, Mussen left for Munich to work at the Psychiatric Klinik in Munich before returning to London as a neuropathologist for London's Medical Research Committee. During the First World War, he served as major-in-charge of the neurological wards at Ste. Anne's Hospital in Montreal. After the war, he joined Johns Hopkins Hospital as a neurological research associate. From 1930 to 1933, he worked as a researcher at the Carnegie Institute in Washington D.C. Mussen retired from professional life in 1933 and died on 11 January 1975.

Mussen is known primarily for his invention of the first human stereotactic device, designed in 1918 after Horsley and Clarke's apparatus.

Sir William Musgrave, 6th Baronet of Hayton Castle, Aspatria, Cumberland, England.

He was born on October 8, 1735, in Hayton Castle, Aspatria, Cumberland, England. He received his education at Houghton Spring School and began his legal career by entering the Middle Temple in 1753. He was called to the bar in 1758, and later became a Bencher in 1789 and a Reader and Treasurer in 1795. In 1765, he inherited the baronetcy as the 6th Baronet. Sir William Musgrave served as a Commissioner of Customs in 1763, and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1774 and its Vice President in 1780. He was also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries from 1778, and served as its Vice President in 1786. In addition, he became a Trustee of the British Museum in 1783 and Commissioner of Accounts in 1785. Sir William Musgrave authored "Musgrave’s Obituary prior to 1800," an index to obituaries in books and periodicals, which he later donated to the British Museum. The work was published in 6 volumes by the Harleian Society between 1899 and 1901.

In 1759, he married Lady Isabella Byron (Howard), 4th Countess of Carlisle (1721–1795). He died on January 3, 1800, in London, England.

Poet Endre Farkas founded the Montreal-based press known as Muses’ Company in 1980. While Farkas was both the primary publisher and editor from 1980 to 1995, the Muses’ Company board members included Ken Norris and Ruth Taylor. The company promoted the growth of English poetry in Quebec and contributed to the expansion of Montreal’s literary community. Also affiliated with Montreal's Véhicule Press, Muses' Company offered a literary home for poets with a broad multicultural and avant-garde vision that included new and other voices such as those of lesser-known and experimental poets. Seeking to move the poem from page to stage, Muses’ Company also created poetry performances with dancers, actors, and composers. Muses’ Company remained a small independent press headquartered in Farkas’ basement. With the support of government funding, the Muses’ Company published approximately 30 books from 1980 to 1995. Farkas’ own Face-off (1980) was the first of several book-length poems. While making space for new voices, it also published some well-known Montreal poets, such as Ken Norris, and fiction writers, such as Kenneth Rudu, whose book, The cost of living (1987), was nominated for the 1998 Governor General's Award. Like other writer-run presses, the Muses’ Company encouraged a community of poets to be involved in all phases of their own and each other’s publications. Muses’ Company was bought by Manitoba-based J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing Inc. in 1995. Farkas served as an advisor editor for a year after the purchase. Under its new umbrella, the Muses’ Company press publishes titles from poets with established publishing records.

Muse Entertainment Enterprises Inc. is an independent Canadian film and television production company based in Montréal, Québec. Founded in 1998 by President and CEO Michael Prupas, Muse has produced, co-produced or provided production services on over 150 television movies and mini-series, television series and feature films both domestically and internationally. Muse Entertainment provides the services of legal and management consultants who specialize in financial structuring, tax credits and incentive funds. The company works in co-productions with counterparts and creative teams in countries such as the U.S.A., Australia, Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Sweden, Romania and South Africa. In 2000, a distribution arm was established: Muse Distribution International brings Muse Entertainment and other productions to a worldwide audience.

In 1998, Pebblehut Productions Inc. became the Muse affiliate in Toronto. Marilyn Stonehouse and Susan Murdoch founded Pebblehut in 1995, and were subsequently joined by Edythe Hall in 1996. Pebblehut’s principals have been represented on the Muse management board since then. Dogwood Pictures Inc. has been the Muse affiliate in Vancouver. Other company names affiliated with Muse have included Finances Film Canada, and Pearson Television International.

Michael Prupas is President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Muse Entertainment Enterprises Inc. He has a longstanding connection to McGill. He holds a BA, B.C.L., and LL.B. from McGill University. He established the first entertainment law course at McGill University’s Faculty of Law, and taught this course from 1997 to 2002. He practiced entertainment law at the law firm Heenan Blaikie for twenty years, where he was head of their entertainment law practice and senior partner. His experience and knowledge in the field of entertainment law led Prupas to form Muse Entertainment Enterprises Inc. in 1998 and the company quickly established itself as a successful organization in both domestic and international arenas.

At the time this fonds was acquired, other key executive positions at Muse were held by Jesse Prupas, VP Development and Distribution; Lorri Faughnan, VP Business Affairs; Sandy Jession, Chief Financial Officer; Irene Litinsky, head of Quebec production. Over the years, individuals holding management board positions at Muse have included Michael Jaffe, Pierre-Marc Johnson, and Howard Braunstein.

Muse productions have received prestigious domestic and international nominations and awards, including Gemini, Genie, Golden Globe and Emmy Awards. Human Trafficking won the Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Mini-Series and the Director’s Guild of Canada Team Award for Outstanding Television Movie/Mini-Series in 2006. The critically acclaimed television show Homicide: Life
on the Streets won several Emmy Awards for casting, directing, writing and acting, as well as three Peabody Awards for excellence in television broadcasting. Their television productions including This is Wonderland (2005) and Savage Messiah (2003) have also won several best-acting awards.

Muse Entertainment continues to bring award winning productions to an international audience. Since 2007 Muse has produced or co-produced acclaimed productions such as Durham County (winner of 5 Gemini Awards, 2008); the Bob Dylan bio-picture I’m Not There (winner of the Venice Film Festival CinemAvvenire Award for Best Film 2008); the 8 hour mini-series The Pillars of the Earth (nominated for 3 Emmy Awards and the Producer’s Guild of America Award, 2010). The controversial 4-part historical drama, The Kennedys airs in April 2011.