This note regards Alexandre Dumas, père, the father of Alexandre Dumas, fils (son). For the son, see Alexandre Dumas fils. Alexandre Dumas, père (French for "father", akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were serialized. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles, and was a prolific correspondent. Dumas was of Haitian descent and mixed-race. His father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) to Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, a French nobleman, and Marie-Cessette Dumas, a black slave. At age 14 Thomas-Alexandre was taken by his father to France, where he was educated in a military academy and entered the military for what became an illustrious career. Dumas' father's aristocratic rank helped young Alexandre Dumas acquire work with Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, then as a writer, finding early success. He became one of the leading authors of the French Romantic Movement, in Paris. Excerpted from Wikipedia.

Russian spelling of Alexandre Dumas. Алекса́ндр Дюма́ (фр. Alexandre Dumas; 1802—1870) — французский писатель, драматург и журналист. Один из самых читаемых французских авторов, мастер приключенческого романа. Две самые известные его книги — «Граф Монте-Кристо» и «Три мушкетёра» — были написаны в 1844—1845 годах. Под именем Дюма вышло огромное количество исторических романов, в написании которых участвовали литературные подёнщики. Всего за авторством Дюма опубликовано не менее 100 000 страниц. Помимо романов, его перу принадлежат также пьесы, статьи и книги о путешествиях. Сын Александр также был писателем.