Among the members of the Academy were well-known politicians and diplomats, numerous famous Iranian writers and scholars of that time, such as Abbas Iqbal (1896-1955), the founder of the magazine Yadgar, and Ali-Akbar Dehchoda (1879-1956), the co-founder of the magazine Sur-e Esrafil and author of the "Dictionary of Dehchoda" ("Loghat-nāme-ye Dehchodā") - the most important and comprehensive dictionary of the Persian language and literature.