Wolfgang Justin Mommsen (German pronunciation: [vɔlfgaŋ jʊʃtiːn mɔmzn̩]; November 5, 1930 – August 11, 2004) was a German historian. Wolfgang Mommsen was born in Marburg, the son of the historian Wilhelm Mommsen and great-grandson of the Roman historian Theodor Mommsen. He was educated at the University of Marburg, University of Cologne and University of Leeds between 1951 and 1959. He served as professor at the University of Cologne (1959–1967), University of Düsseldorf (1967–1978) and finally as director of the German Historical Institute in London between 1978 and 1985. In 1965, he abandoned his first wife to marry one of his graduate students, Sabine von Schalburg, with whom he had four children. Mommsen wrote a biography of Max Weber in 1959. His main areas of expertise were in 19th century-20th century British and German history. His interests were wide-ranging and he wrote about diplomatic, social, intellectual, and economic history. Mommsen championed a Sonderweg ("special path") interpretation of German history. Echoing the views of Hans-Ulrich Wehler and Fritz Fischer, he argued that 19th century Germany was only partially modernized. Economic modernization was not accompanied by political modernization. Much of Mommsen's comparative studies of British and German history concern why, in his view, the British had both a political and economic modernization while the Germans had only the latter. An Anglophile, Mommsen very much enjoyed teaching and living in Britain.

Herbert W. Franke is an Austrian scientist and writer. He is considered one of the most important science fiction authors in the German language. He is also active in the fields of future research, speleology as well as computer graphics and digital art. Franke studied physics, mathematics, chemistry, psychology and philosophy in Vienna. He received his doctorate in theoretical physics in 1950 by writing a dissertation about electron optics. Since 1957, he has worked as a freelance author. From 1973 to 1997 he held a lectureship in "Cybernetical Aesthetic" at Munich University (later computer graphics - computer art). In 1979, he co-founded Ars Electronica in Linz/Austria. In 1979 and 1980, he lectured in "introduction to perception psychology" at the Art & Design division of the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences. Also in 1980 he became a selected member of the German PEN club. A collection of short stories titled "The Green Comet" was his first book publication. In 1998, Franke attended a SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference in Orlando and was a juror at the "VideoMath Festival" Berlin. He also took part in innumerable performances and presentations.

Admitted to the École Normale Supérieure in 1933, and receiving a third in the "Agrégation des lettres" in 1935, he was member of the French School at Rome (1935-1937) then taught Latin at a Rennes lycée. Then he was active as a professor of Roman civilization at the faculties of Caen and Bordeaux, and finally at the Sorbonne for thirty years. He published studies on the Roman civilization, of which many volumes to the "Que sais-je?" series, and translations of Latin classical authors (Cicero, Seneca the Younger, Tacitus, Plautus, Terence). On his retirement, he also published biographies and fictionalized histories (Mémoires d’Agrippine, le procès Néron), more intended for the general public. At the end of his life, he campaigned for the safeguarding of literary teaching. Source

A prolific medievalist of international renown, Le Goff is sometimes considered the principal heir and continuator of the movement known as Annales School (École des Annales), founded by his intellectual mentor Marc Bloch. Le Goff succeeded Fernand Braudel in 1972 at the head of the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) and was succeeded by François Furet in 1977. Along with Pierre Nora, he was one of the leading figure of New History (Nouvelle histoire) in the 1970s. Since then, he has dedicated himself to studies on the historical anthropology of Western Europe during medieval times. He is well-known for contesting the very name of "Middle Ages" and its chronology, highlighting achievements of this period and variations inside it, in particular by attracting attention to the Renaissance of the 12th century.

Laurette Séjourné (1911–25 de mayo de 2003) fue arqueóloga, antropóloga y etnóloga italiana naturalizada mexicana. Se casó con Victor Serge, autor de la novela "El caso Tulanev" y otros escritos revolucionarios. Influyó en autores surrealistas que vivieron en México, como Leonora Carrinton ("El mundo mágico de los Mayas"), Benjamin Péret (Air Mexicain) y Wolfgang Paalen, que preparó un número "amerindio" de su revista DYN. Su tesis central partía de que el pasado precolombino, que se veía en las pírámides y en los códices, estaba aún vivo y presente en los pueblos indígenas modernos. Esas reminiscencias podían verse en los pueblos de Oaxaca, por ejemplo, que ella estudió. Sus estudios de la escritura simbólica de los monumentos precolombinos también destacan algunos signos como el de "Ollin" o movimiento y el del "Quinquance" (o Cruz de Quetzalcóatl), que presenta una dimensión geométrica, superior a la espacialidad plana europea. Durante los años 50 trabajó para el INAH (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia), excavando en Teotihuacan. Publicó varios libros de cosmología y religión náhuatl, incluyendo Agua hirviente: Pensamiento y Religión en el México Antiguo. Su trabajo principal fue sobre la figura de Quetzalcóatl. Además, sostuvo que Teotihuacan era la legendaria Tollan, contradiciendo la versión oficial de la arqueología mexicana, que la sitúa en Tula aun en nuestros días. El trabajo de Séjourné todavía es muy valorado por los especialistas, pero a algunas les preocupó que parte de su trabajo fuera adoptado por grupos esotéricos, que buscaban enseñanzas ocultas de las religiones prehispánicas. Eso es algo que la antropóloga nunca apoyó. Sus últimos años los dedicó a llevar educación a los pueblos indígenas del sur de México.