Alexandre Dumas

1802 – 1870 · died at about 68^[1][2]

Literature

Fun Facts About Alexandre Dumas

• Alexandre Dumas was the grandson of an enslaved African woman: his father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, was born in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) to a French nobleman and an enslaved mother.^[1]
• Dumas published a total of 100,000 pages in his lifetime, helped by a studio of writers and collaborators, the best known being Auguste Maquet.^[1]
• Dumas built himself a lavish country house, the Château de Monte-Cristo, in 1846, but financial trouble forced him to sell it two years later.^[1]
• Dumas belonged to the Club des Hashischins, which met monthly in a Paris hotel to take hashish, along with Victor Hugo, Charles Baudelaire and Honoré de Balzac.^{[1][3][4][5][6][7][8]}
• When Dumas's remains were moved to the Panthéon in 2002, his coffin was escorted through Paris by four mounted Republican Guards dressed as the four Musketeers.^[1]
• Dumas was also a gourmet and expert cook: his Grand Dictionnaire de cuisine, published after his death, is part encyclopedia and part cookbook.^[1]
• Alexandre Dumas was alive at the same time as Immanuel Kant — their lives overlapped for 2 years (1802–1804).^{[1][2][9][10]}
• Alexandre Dumas shares a birthday with Simón Bolívar: both were born on July 24.^{[1][2][11][12]}

Alexandre Dumas, also known as Alexandre Dumas père, was a French novelist and playwright.^[1]

Contemporaries

Charles Babbage

68 yr overlap

Victor Hugo

68 yr overlap

Ralph Waldo Emerson

67 yr overlap

George Sand

66 yr overlap

Michael Faraday

65 yr overlap

Hans Christian Andersen

65 yr overlap

Jacob Grimm

61 yr overlap

Charles Darwin

61 yr overlap

Franz Liszt

59 yr overlap

Charles Dickens

58 yr overlap

Arthur Schopenhauer

58 yr overlap

Giuseppe Verdi

57 yr overlap

Their World

Questions About Alexandre Dumas

When was Alexandre Dumas born?

Alexandre Dumas was born on July 24, 1802, and died on December 5, 1870.

How old was Alexandre Dumas at death?

Alexandre Dumas was born on July 24, 1802, and died on December 5, 1870, at age 68.

What was Alexandre Dumas known for?

Alexandre Dumas was known for: Author of The Three Musketeers. Alexandre Dumas, also known as Alexandre Dumas père, was a French novelist and playwright.

Who was alive at the same time as Alexandre Dumas?

Alexandre Dumas's closest contemporary was Charles Babbage. Their lives overlapped for 68 years.