Hans Möller was born on November 10, 1918, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

He was a librarian and lecturer. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen (Ph.D. in Danish Language and Literature, 1945) and became Research Librarian at the Copenhagen Royal Library. During World War II, he participated in the dramatic rescue of Danish Jews by smuggling them to Sweden. In 1955, he came to Canada to pursue his passion for film, working as an Executive Director at the National Film Board (1956-1969) and as Vice-president of the Visual Education Centre in Toronto (1969-1974). In 1974, he became Chief Librarian at Ottawa University Library. From 1977 onwards, he worked as a Librarian, Professor of Scandinavian Literature, the head of McGill's School of Information Studies (1981-1984) and the acting Director of McGill University Libraries (1984-1986) in Montreal. He served as President of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (1976-1978). He also enjoyed teaching Danish and editing scholarly books in the Fontanus series, which he founded. For many years, Dr. Möller served as President of the Canadian-Scandinavian Foundation, dedicating himself to raising funds to help young people in Canada travel to the Nordic countries for study or research.

He died on September 7, 2015, in Montreal, Quebec, and he bequeathed his body to science at McGill University.

Born in England, Charles Moyse received two B.A. degrees from the University of London; English, 1872 and in animal physiology, 1874. After serving as the headmaster of St. Mary's College in Peckham, England, he came to McGill University in 1878 as Professor of history and Associate Professor of English language and literature. From 1882 to 1919, he was Molson Professor of English Language and Literature and held the position of Lecturer in history from 1882 to 1895. In 1904 he became the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and the Vice-Principal of the University. In 1919 he retired as Emeritus Vice-Principal.