James Patrick Howley was born on July 7, 1847, in Mount Cashel, St. John's, Newfoundland.

He was a naturalist and geologist. He was educated at Saint Bonaventure's College, St. John's, Newfoundland. In 1867, he entered the service of the Newfoundland Government as a clerk in the office of the Colonial Secretary. His work as an assistant and then as Director of the Geological and Topographical Survey of Newfoundland between 1868 and 1909 produced much of the scientific basis for understanding the geography of the island’s interior, geology, and mineral deposits. He became interested and studied the indigenous people of the island of Newfoundland Beothuk. Upon retirement in 1909, Howley lectured, wrote, and represented the colony overseas as the recognized authority on its geology, mineralogy, natural history, geography, and human history. He is regarded as the creator of the institution that became the Provincial Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador and served as its first curator. In 1915, he published the book "The Beothucks or Red Indians - The Aboriginal Inhabitants of Newfoundland" which remains an important source on the Beothuk, whose last member, Shanawdithit, had died in 1829. His never published memoirs "Reminiscences of Forty-two Years of Exploration in and about Newfoundland" have been made available as digital documents.

In 1874, he married Elizabeth Jane Firth (1851–1935). He died on January 1, 1918, in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth was born on July 1, 1842, in Lisbon, Portugal.

He was a British Conservative politician, barrister, and amateur historian, and geologist. He was educated at Rossall School before studying law. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1867. He was a Unionist in politics and was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for Salford South in 1886. He was re-elected in 1892 and 1895 before retiring from the Commons at the 1900 general election. Howorth was deeply interested in archaeology, history, numismatics, and ethnography. He contributed numerous articles on geological, archeological, and historical subjects to The Times and the Quarterly and Edinburgh Reviews. He published many books, e.g., "A History of the Mongols: from the 9th to the 19th Century" (4 pts, 1876-1927), "The Mammoth and the Flood"(1887), "The Glacial Nightmare and the Flood" (1893), and "The History of the Church in England to the Eighth Century" (3 vols., 1912–1917). In 1892, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Indian Empire in recognition of his works on the history and ethnography of Asia. In 1893, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society. He became Honorary Librarian of Chetham's College, Manchester, and a Trustee of the British Museum. He was also a Member of the Chetham Society, serving as a Member of the Council from 1877 until 1900. He was a Member of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society and a Freemason.

In 1869, he married Katharine Brierley (1847–1921). He died on July 15, 1923, in London, England.

H. R. Ives & Co. was a Montreal-based foundry. In 1859, Hubert Root Ives (1833-1911) became a founder of the firm Ives & Allen, the first brass and iron foundry and hardware factory in Canada. They manufactured flat irons, stoves, safes, wrought iron gates and railings, locomotive, and car castings. In 1874, the partnership between Ives & Allen dissolved and, Ives continued alone as H. R. Ives & Co. Manufacturers Montreal. The company was incorporated in 1903.