Samuel Henshaw was born on January 29, 1852, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

He was a natural historian and entomologist. He became a member of the Boston Society of Natural History in 1871 and served as its secretary, editor, and librarian from 1892 to 1901. Succeeding Dr. H. A. Hagen, he became an assistant in entomology and librarian of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (1891-1898). From 1903 to 1911, he was curator of the museum (his title was changed to the director), the position he held until November 1927. Henshaw was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the American Society of Naturalists and American Society of Zoologists. He was one of the founders of the Cambridge Entomological Club, which started publishing Psyche in 1874. Among his publications is the "List of Coleoptera of America North of Mexico" (1885).

George Hepburn was son of Isobel Dawson and George Hepburn, and cousin to Sir William Dawson.

James Hepburn was the son of Isobel Dawson and George Hepburn, and cousin to Sir William Dawson.

British architect and illustrator Philip Hepworth was trained from 1906-1910 at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London and at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. He then assisted London architect Walter Frederick Cave and travelled in France. He passed his qualifying exam with the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1911 and, with a scholarship from the RIBA, spent time in Rome in 1914. World War I interrupted this travel. After serving during World War I, the young lieutenant with the Royal Engineers returned to pursue his architectural career in England. A 1931 illustrated book by Trystan Edwards, part of a series on the foremost architects of the time, showcased Hepworth’s work and brought him recognition. His first important work was designing a town hall complex for the borough of Walthamstow (known as the Waltham Forest Town Hall); he earned this commission in 1932 by winning an architectural competition that the municipality had proposed in 1929. After the next war broke out, being too old for active duty, he served in the Home Guard. He also served on the committee of the Royal Academy of Art that was planning for the post-blitz rebuilding of London. In 1944, he was appointed as one of the chief architects of the Imperial War Graves Commission. In this capacity, he designed several war memorials, including the Bayeux Memorial and the Dunkirk Memorial. He also designed many cemeteries for British war dead in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany.