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Peter Sanger is a Nova Scotia poet and literary critic who taught at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC) from 1972-1998. Born in 1943 in Bewdley, England, he immigrated to Canada in 1953. He received his BA in history from the University of Melbourne, MA in history from the University of Victoria, and BEd from Acadia University. He taught in Ontario, British Columbia and Newfoundland before joining the Humanities Department at NSAC, teaching English literature, technical writing, and agricultural and scientific history, retiring as the head of the department and professor emeritus. In 2012 he received an honorary doctorate from Dalhousie University.

Sanger’s literary career includes poetry, essays and biographies. His first published book, The America Reel (Pottersfield Press, 1983), was followed by early poetry collections Earth Moth (Gooselane Editions, 1991), The Third Hand (Anchorage Press, 1994), and After Monteverdi (Harrier Editions, 1997). His most recent collection is Odysseus Asleep: Uncollected Sequences, 1994-2019 (Gaspereau Press, 2019). He was a long-serving poetry editor for The Antigonish Review and was instrumental in establishing and developing the Agricola Archival Collection.

John Rutherford was born in Shincliffe, England. He emigrated to Albion Mines in Pictou County and served as Inspector of Mines for Nova Scotia from 1865-1872, when he was appointed General Manager and Mining Engineer for the General Mining Association, later the Halifax Company. He had extensive dealings with Albion Mines, Blight Area, Caledonia Coal Mines, and the Style Mining Area. Beginning in the late 1890s, Rutherford sold Styles Mining Company options; his goal was to sell the entirety of the property to a worthy buyer.

Robert Rutherford was John’s only surviving son (George Rutherford died in 1903), and was left in charge of his father's estate in 1913. He continued his father's efforts to sell off the Cumberland Coal Areas until at least 1932.

Nigel Francis Scott Rusted was a 1933 graduate of Dalhousie Medical School. Born on 1 July 1907 in Salvage, Newfoundland, he was raised in Upper Island Cove and Carbonear and attended high school at St. Peters High School in St. John’s. He studied at Bishop Fields College and Memorial College, earning a Diploma in Arts and Sciences in 1927, one of Memorial's first graduating class. In 1927 he earned a BSc from Dalhousie University, then entered Dalhousie Medical School and graduated in 1933.

Dr. Rusted practised as a physician and reconstructive surgeon in Newfoundland, which included travelling to remote outports to provide services. He retired from general practice in 1987, at the age of 80. In 2007 he received the Order of Newfoundland, and in 2011 the Order of Canada, for his contributions in the field of medicine. He was married to Florence Anderson, with whom he had three children. Nigel Rusted died on 19 March 2012, aged 104.