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Theodor Gaster was a British-born American Biblical scholar working in the field of comparative religions. He was the son of Moses Gaster, the folklorist, and he was educated and received his first degree in London, before moving to America to pursue his doctorate, and where he pursued the majority of his academic career.

Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner was an English Egyptologist, linguist, philologist, and independent scholar. He developed his interest in Egyptology while still at school and he pursued his career within that field and acted as an advisor when the tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered in 1922.

Florence Melian Stawell, youngest daughter of Sir William Foster Stawell, was born in Melbourne in 1869. She first went to the University of Melbourne before attending Newnham College, Cambridge, where she subsequently became a don. Ill-health forced her retirement but she continued to publish books and pursue classical scholarship.

Sir George McKenzie Franks was born in Edinburgh and served in the British Army. He died in Belfast.

Sir William Foster was a British historiographer and civil servant who was Registrar and Superintendent of Records in the India Office.

Sir Patrick Cadell was a civil servant who served in India.