John Stansfield was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and worked as an oil prospector for the Rajah of Sarawak before coming to McGill in 1910. From 1910 to 1919 he was lecturer in geology, and consulted for the Geological Survey of Canada. He left McGill to undertake exploration for the Standard Oil Company.
Alfred Stansfield was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, and graduated from the Royal School of Mines in 1891. From 1891 to 1898 he served as research assistant in W. Roberts Austen's laboratories at the Royal Mint. He later obtained his B.Sc. and D.Sc. degrees from London University and in 1898 joined the staff of the Royal School of Mines. In 1901 Stansfield became Professor of metallurgy at McGill and was appointed Birks Professor of Metallurgy in 1912. He retired from McGill in 1936 as Professor Emeritus. Stansfield wrote a number of articles and papers, as well as two important volumes on his specialty, The Electric Furnace (1914, 2nd ed.) and The Electric Furnace for Iron and Steel (1923).
Hon. Edward Stanhope was born on September 24, 1840, in London, England.
He was a politician. He was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford, where he studied law and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1865. In 1874, Stanhope was elected to the House of Commons for Mid Lincolnshire, a seat he held until 1885, and then represented Horncastle until his death. In 1875, he became Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, and in 1878, he moved up to Under-Secretary of State for India. He became vice-president of the Committee of Council on Education, with a seat in the cabinet, and shortly after President of the Board of Trade. He moved up to major cabinet office, serving first as Colonial Secretary from 1886 to 1887 and then as Secretary of State for War from 1887 to 1892 in the cabinet of Lord Salisbury.
In 1870, he married Lucy Constance Egerton (1847-1907). He died of a heart attack on December 21, 1893, in Sevenoaks, Kent, England.
