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Robert (Robin) Allason Furness (1883-1954) was born in England and studied at Cambridge (King’s College), where he met E. M. Forster. He worked as a civil servant in Egypt (1906-1923, deputy director of censorship, director of imports and exports, financial consultant, etc.). He taught English at the Fuad I University of Cairo (1936-1944), while from 1945 to 1950 he worked for the British Council, also in Egypt. In 1931 he published his translation work (Translations from the Greek Anthology and Poems of Callimachus).
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Irakleios Fyssentzidis (Héraclios Fyssen) (1904-1982) was born in Cairo (Egypt). He was among the founders of the Argo journal (published between 1923 and 1927), an initiative of the “Hellenic Youth Union”. He was educated in Paris (France), where he remained and became professionally active in the field of new technologies. In 1979 he founded the “Fondation Fyssen”, with the aim to promote scientific research in the fields of social anthropology, archaeology, neurobiology etc.
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Dimitrios E. Galanis (1879 or 1882-1966) was born in Athens (Greece). He studied at the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He then moved to Paris (France) and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts. He published sketches in numerous journals and illustrated books and albums. After 1930 he turned to engraving. From 1945 onwards he was professor at the École des Beaux-Arts as well as a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, while in 1950 he was elected in the Academy of Athens. He organised many personal exhibitions and took part in many group exhibitions, both in Greece and abroad. He served at the French Foreign Legion during World War I and became a French citizen. He died in Athens.
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Giagkos Georgantas (1879-1953) was born in Athens (Greece). He was the son of Pantelis A. Georgantas and of Eleni I. Dragoumi.
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Nikolaos Giannopoulos was the son of Konstantinos and Eufrosyni (née Fotiadi), sister of Charikleia Cavafy, and first cousin of C. P. Cavafy. His parents were married in 1871 and had three children. Nikolaos was their middle child and only boy.
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