Rev. John Howard Archibald was born on January 26, 1839, in Truro, Nova Scotia.

He was a Presbyterian clergyman. In 1870, he settled in the congregation at Euroa Duck Pond, Longwood, in Australia.

In 1876, he married Charlotte Elizabeth Stewart (1845–1920). He died on January 1, 1902, in Saint Leonards Creek, Walcha Shire, New South Wales, Australia.

John Sprott Archibald was born on September 8, 1843, in Middle Musquodoboit, Halifax County, Nova Scotia.

He was a lawyer, teacher, and politician. He was educated at Presbyterian Seminary in Truro, Nova Scotia and at McGill University (B.A.; B.C.L). He served as Judge (1893-1922) and Deputy Chief Justice (1915-1922) of the Superior Court of Quebec. He was also a Professor of constitutional law and criminal law at McGill University. He is the author of the essay "Relations of Two Races in Lower Canada" and co-author of several volumes of "The Lower Canada Jurist - Collection de Décisions Du Bas Canada".

In 1871, he married Ellen Jane Hutchinson (1850–1926). He died on January 16, 1932, in Montreal, Quebec.

John Smith Archibald (1872-1934) received his early architectural training in the office of William Maclntosh in his native town of Inverness, Scotland. In 1893 he emigrated to Canada and found employment at the firm of Edward Maxwell (1867-1923) in Montreal, working as a draughtsman and assistant to Maxwell. Archibald stayed at the firm until 1897 when he formed a partnership with another former Maxwell draughtsman, Charles Jewett Saxe (1870-1943). This partnership continued until 1915 at which time Archibald began to practise alone. He designed a variety of structures including a number of stations and hotels for the Canadian National Railway; he designed several sports buildings including the Montreal Forum, a number of schools, churches, commercial buildings, and hospitals, as well as residential buildings in Montreal and Kingston. Noteworthy among his many projects is the Masonic Memorial Temple in Montreal (1928). Upon his death in 1934, Archibald's practice was continued by his son Ian T. Archibald (1903-71) and Hugh Percival Illsley (b.1896). They were later joined by Francis Orr Templeton (1904-72) to form the firm of Archibald, Illsley and Templeton which practised architecture in Montreal until 1950.

John Smith Archibald (1872-1934) reçut ses premiers rudiments de formation en architecture au cabinet de William MacIntosh, dans sa ville natale d'Inverness (Ecosse). En 1893, il émigre au Canada et trouve de l'emploi dans le cabinet d'Edward Maxwell (1867-1923) à Montréal où il est dessinateur et adjoint de Maxwell. Archibald quitte ce cabinet en 1897 et s'associe à un autre dessinateur de Maxwell, Charles Jewett Saxe (1870-1943), association qui se maintient jusqu'en 1915. Par la suite, Archibald poursuivit sa carrière seul. Archibald a dessiné un grand nombre de structures et notamment des gares et des hôtels pour la société Canadien National; il a également dessiné plusieurs immeubles à vocation sportive dont le Forum de Montréal, bon nombre d'écoles, des églises, des immeubles commerciaux et des hôpitaux, de même que des immeubles résidentiels à Montréal et à Kingston. Signalons, parmi ses multiples projets, le Temple maçonnique de Montréal (1928). À son décès en 1934, le cabinet d'Archibald fut repris par son fils lan T. Archibald (1903-1971) et par Hugh Percival Illsley (né en 1896). Quelque temps plus tard, Francis Orr Templeton (1904-1972) se joignit à eux pour former le cabinet d'Archibald, Illsley et Templeton qui a pratiqué l'architecture à Montréal jusqu'en 1950.

Sarah Smith Archibald was born on December 14, 1815, in Tipton, England. In 1841, she married Sir Thomas Dickson Archibald, judge of the High Court of Justice (Common Pleas Division) and lawyer from Nova Scotia. Her father, Richard Smith, a former Nova Scotian Assembly manager, gave his consent to the marriage only if the couple agreed to stay in England. She died on March 27, 1907, in Wandsworth, Surrey, England.

Antonio Archilei was born on March 12, 1543, in Albano Laziale, Italy.

He was an Italian singer, composer, and luth player of the second half of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century. He was one of the composers of the musical interludes of "La Pellegrina,” a comedy by Girolamo Bargagli, created for the celebrations of the marriage of Grand Duke Ferdinand I de Medici and Christina of Lorraine in Florence. These interludes are of great historical interest because they are considered the most direct "ancestors" of opera. It was also the opportunity for Antonio Archilei to perform his most famous work, “Dalle più alte sfere,” still performed today.

In 1582, he married the famous singer Vittoria Concarini, and, they had a son, Ferdinando. He died on January 1, 1612, in Florence, Italy.