大仲马诞生

Alexandre Dumas was born in 1802
大仲马诞生

Thought for Today:

Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. --Alexandre Dumas
只有品尝过极度绝望的人才能感受到极度的幸福。--大仲马

Today's Highlight in History:
 

1802：French author Alexandre Dumas was born on July 24. He wrote the classic adventure novel The Three Musketeers and some of the most famous and popular stories in French literature. A great celebrity writer of the day, he was almost as famous for his reckless spending and lavish lifestyle, and he was frequently in debt. In his last days he was supported by his illegitimate son, the author Alexandre Dumas the Younger.Dumas and his son are often referred to as Dumas peré (father) and Dumas fils (son).
1802年7月24日，法国作家亚历山大·仲马诞生。他写的经典探险小说《三个火枪手》是法国文学中最为著名和流行的故事。除了在写作方面大名鼎鼎之外，他奢靡的生活方式也同样臭名远扬，他经常处于欠债的境地。在生命的后期，他主要依靠私生子--小仲马资助生活。他们通常被人们称为大仲马和小仲马。

1986: American biochemist Fritz Albert Lipmann died at the age of 87 on July 24. He was a co-discoverer in 1945 of coenzyme A. For this, together with other research on coenzyme A, he was awarded half the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953.
1986年6月24日，美国生物化学家弗里茨·阿·李普曼逝世，享年87岁。1945年，他和其他科学家共同发现了辅酶A。1953年，他凭借有关辅酶A的研究荣获诺贝尔生理学奖。