Frank M. Tierney was born in 1930 in Ottawa, Ontario.

He is a Canadian poet, publisher, editor, and educator. He served as an English professor at the University of Ottawa. He co-founded the Borealis Press and Tecumseh Press, helping many Canadian authors get published. Tierney published seven books of poetry: "Come Climb A Mountain" (1970), "The Birch" (1971), "Beams of Love" (1972), "FireCloud" (1972), "The Way it Stands" (1974), "The Lilac Tree" (1988), and "The Old Gold Woman" (2000). He has also written seven children's stories in his Silly Sally series, numerous scholarly articles, and books about Canadian and British authors. In 2013, he was inducted into the Order of Ontario.

Rev. Arthur Tidman was born on November 14, 1792, in Mickleton, Gloucestershire, England.

He was a Congregational clergyman, missionary, and diplomat. He was educated for the medical profession but afterwards studied theology with Rev. George Collison. He was ordained in 1813 and commenced missionary work in Sidmouth. In 1818, he received a call from Frome, and in 1828, he settled at Barbican Chapel, London. He served as one of the first secretaries of the Congregational Union of England and Wales and was a Secretary of the Irish Evangelical Society. During the last years of his pastorate, he held the office of the Foreign Secretary of the London Missionary Society (1839-1868).

In 1816, he married Anne Ryall (1792–). He died on March 8, 1868, in London, England.