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William Oscar Jules Moser was born in 1927 in Winnipeg, MB, Canada. He married Beryl Rita Pearlman in 1953 and together they have 3 children: Marla, Lionel and Paula.

Moser's education began at the University of Manitoba where he obtained a Bachelor of Science (honours) degree (1949), and continued to the University of Minnesota where he was granted his Master's in 1951. Under the advisory of Donald Coxeter, Moser completed his PhD in mathematics at the University of Toronto in 1957. Moser's academic career began at the University of Saskatchewan where he was an Associate Professor from 1956-1960. From there, he moved to the University of Manitoba where he was also an Associate Professor from 1959-1964. His final placement was at McGill University in 1964 (professor from 1966 on) where he stayed until his retirement in 1997. During the years, Dr. Moser and his family spent time in England and Paris while on sabbatical leaves from McGill, but Montreal remains their home. Some of his close professional friendships include: Donald Coxeter, Paul Erdos, Sy Schuster, etc. His most famous publication was "Generators and relations for discrete groups, 1957" with Donald Coxeter. This work has garnered attention for its longevity and importance as it is currently in its 8th edition. Dr. Moser is still publishing books in the field of mathematics with fellow mathematicians. It is important to note that Prof. Moser's main contribution to the mathematical world is within the field of geometry.

John Moser was born on April 27, 1826, at Mosers Island, Nova Scotia.

He was a schoolmaster, naturalist, and author. He attended Horton Academy and Acadia College in Wolfville, N. S. (B.A., 1848). He studied at Baptist ministry at Newton Theological Institute in Massachusetts (1850-1853). He was never ordained and pursued instead a career as a schoolteacher. After 1867 he resided permanently in New Brunswick, heading a succession of grammar, superior, and common schools in many small communities throughout the province. He contributed several records of flowering plants from the vicinity of Grand Falls to the Rev. James Fowler’s “List of New Brunswick Plants”, the first comprehensive catalogue of the flora of the province, published in 1879. Moser was elected a corresponding member of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick in 1883. The focus of his interests had shifted to mosses and it was in this branch of botany that he made a significant contribution. He is the author of “List of Mosses of New Brunswick” (1898).

He died on June 11, 1907, in Salem, Kings County, New Brunswick.

Herbert Frederick Moseley was born in 1906 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He received his double course BA and MA from McGill University in 1926. He was awarded the Rhodes Scholarship and Radcliffe Prize. He worked at St. Thomas's Hospital in London and in 1950 he became Hunterian Professor. In 1939, he returned to Canada and joined the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University as Demonstrator in Surgery. He eventually become Director of the Accident Service, surgeon to the Royal Victoria Hospital, and Associate Professor of Surgery at McGill. In 1961, he became Associate Professor.

He wrote the book Shoulder Lesions in 1940.