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Founded in 1861, this lithography business had its start in Leipzig before expanding in the 1880s to open offices in London, Italy, France, Belgium and the United States. Primarily known for printing cards for an export market, Meissner & Buch also entered the art publishing business and printed postcards. They were recognized for the high quality of their chromolithographic prints. The company was acquired by the state during the Cold War and was later dissolved.

William Arthur Meighen received his medical degree from McGill University in 1901.

Arthur Hubert Stanley Megaw, born in Dublin, never had an academic post at a university, but his work during 75 years of excavations and restorations, particularly in Cyprus, as well as his writings, had an important influence on Byzantine studies. He prepared for a career in architecture at Peterhouse at the University of Cambridge, earning a MA, but it was archaeology that captured his interest. “Peter,” as he was known to friends and colleagues, began archaeological work at the British School of Archaeology in Athens in 1932; when Cyprus became independent in 1935, he became director of the department of antiquities in Cyprus, at age 26, a post he held till 1960. In 1951 he received the honor of Commander of the British Empire. From 1960 to 1968 he was director of the British School at Athens, then spent many years between the Harvard Center for Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington D.C. and the Byzantine Institute of America in Istanbul, where he was acting field director.

Kenneth Meek was born in Cornwall, England, and came to Canada in 1914. He earned his L.Mus. from McGill in 1927 and a B.Mus. from Toronto in 1936. He taught organ, piano and theory in Ottawa (1924- 1939) and Kingston (1940-1944) before moving to Montréal to become an instructor in piano and organ and a lecturer in theory at McGill (1945). He was later promoted to an instructor in music (1952-1966) and Assistant Professor (1966-1973). In the meantime, Meek served as organist at the Church of St Andrew and St Paul (1945-1956), Christ Church Cathedral (1956-1965) and the Church of the Messiah (1965-1976). He was also a recitalist and composer. Meek passed away in 1976.