Dr. John Bryant was born on July 8, 1850, in Cohasset, Massachusetts.

He studied at Harvard College (AB 1873) and Harvard Medical School (MD 1878).

In 1878, he married Charlotte Olmstead. He died on March 20, 1908, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Rev. Thomas Bryant was born in 1832, in Kingswood, Gloucestershire, England. In 1858, he married Elizabeth Pitchford (1840–1899) and they had 9 children. He died in March 1899, in Mountain Ash, Monmouthshire, Wales.

Rev. George Bryce was born on April 22, 1844, in Mount Pleasant, Ontario.

He was a Manitoba Presbyterian educator, churchman, scientist, and historian. He was educated at the University of Toronto and Knox College, where his success as a student was marked with medals and scholarships. He was an athlete, playing on the college football team. He had served as a militia volunteer during the Fenian troubles of 1866. In 1871, he was selected by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church to come west to Red River (now Manitoba) to organize a Presbyterian college and a new church. He set up Manitoba College and taught there until 1909. In 1872, he founded Knox Church, the first Presbyterian church in Winnipeg. He was also one of the founders of the University of Manitoba where he taught science and served on the University Council until his retirement in 1904. He served as President of the Manitoba Historical and Scientific Society (1884-1887, 1905-1913). He was a prolific author who wrote nine books and forty or fifty pamphlets as well as numerous sermons and speeches. In 1910, he served as the Royal Society’s President. In 1921, he was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Manitoba.

In 1872, he married Marion Samuels (1839–1920). He died on August 5, 1931, in Carleton, Ontario.

James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, was born on May 10, 1838, in Belfast, Ireland.

He was a British educator, jurist, historian, and Liberal politician. He was educated at the Belfast Academy, Glasgow High School, Glasgow University, the University of Heidelberg, and Trinity College, Oxford. He was elected a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, in 1862 and was called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, in 1867. He practised law in London for a few years but was soon called back to Oxford to become Regius Professor of Civil Law, a position he held from 1870 to 1893. From 1870 to 1875, he was also Professor of Jurisprudence at Owens College, Manchester. In 1872, Bryce, a proponent of higher education, particularly for women, joined the Central Committee of the National Union for Improving the Education of Women of All Classes. In 1880, he was elected to the House of Commons and remained a Member of Parliament until 1907. He served as Chairman of the Royal Commission on Secondary Education, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1885), President of the Board of Trade (1894), and Chief Secretary for Ireland (1905). From 1907 until 1913, he held the position of British Ambassador to the United States and was very efficient in strengthening Anglo-American ties and friendship. In 1914, Bryce was raised to the peerage as Viscount Bryce of Dechmount in the County of Lanark, becoming a member of the House of Lords. Following the outbreak of the First World War, he strongly condemned the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire. In 1915, he published The Bryce Report, in which he described German atrocities in Belgium. He served as a judge at the International Court in The Hague and supported the establishment of the League of Nations. He was the author of numerous books, e.g., "The Holy Roman Empire" (1864), "Transcaucasia and Ararat" (1877), "The American Commonwealth" (1888), "Impressions of South Africa" (1897), and “Modern Democracy” (1921).

In 1889, he married Elizabeth Marion Ashton (1854–1939). He died on January 22, 1922, in Sidmouth, Devon, England.