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Thomas George Bonney was an English professor, author, geologist, and president of the Geological Society of London. He was born on 27 July 1833 in Rugeley, Staffordshire, England. Thomas was educated at Uppingham School and St John's College, Cambridge. From 1856 to 1861 he was a mathematical master at Westminster School, and he pursued geology only as a recreational activity, mainly in Alpine regions. From 1877 to 1901 he was a professor of geology in University College London. He became secretary and later president of the Geological Society of London (1884–1886). In 1878 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He wrote numerous articles and books on the topic of geology, e.g. The Story of Our Planet (1893). He died in Cambridge on 10 December 1923. Lake Bonney in Antarctica is named after him.

Joseph Robin Bonwell was born on April 14, 1877, in Nebraska City, Nebraska.

He was an American businessman, editor, and naturalist. He attended business college in Nebraska City. He worked for Charles T. Lupton, a geologist who first surveyed northern Wyoming and western Montana. In 1906, he moved to Basin, Montana, where he served as the editor of "The Republican" newspaper for several years. Additionally, he was a justice of the peace for thirty years and served as a U.S. commissioner. Since the 1920s, he also operated a greenhouse.

In 1917, he married Esther Maria Brandt (1892–1974). He died on March 3, 1962, in Sheridan, Wyoming.

Richard William Boodle was born about 1850, in Chilcompton, Somerset, England.

From 1863 to 1868, he attended Sherborne School in Dorset County, England, where he was a member of the 1st XV (rugby team) in 1868. He went on to Magdalen College in Oxford where he studied classics (1872) and history (1873). From 1886 to 1890 he was the librarian of the Fraser Institute in Montreal, Canada. From 1891-1892 and 1894-1902 he was an assistant at Birmingham Reference Library.

He died on November 17, 1918, in Birmingham, Warwicks, England after being knocked down by a tramcar.