An antiquarian and philologist, Sainte-Palaye was born in Auxerre and was privately educated. After a short period in the diplomatic service (1725-1726), he devoted himself completely to literature. He published some studies on the classics, but his most important work is on French antiquities. Sainte-Palaye wrote a glossary of Old French, became a collector of texts and was the author of some of the first research in medieval historiography. His unpublished Dictionnaire des antiquités françaises comprised 40 volumes.

Louis Prang was an American printer, lithographer and publisher of German origin. He has his start printing lithographs of buildings, maps and advertising materials in the 1860s. He was also involved in the greeting card business and the publishing of instructional books. The company merged with another firm in 1897 that then went bankrupt in 1938.

The Kyle-Addie Family is composed of Mary Elizabeth Kyle and her son George Kyle Addie.

Albert Douglas Kyle was born on November 30, 1873, in Leeds and Grenville, Ontario.

He was a dry goods merchant who came to Montreal in 1883 from Brockville. He entered the textile business in 1903. In 1913, he operated the firm of James Kyle and Son. He was also the president of the Montreal Victorias Hockey Club.

In 1904, he married Alison Jean (Elsie) Hyde. He died on May 29, 1956, in Montreal, Quebec.