Sir Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith (born 24 August 1948) is a Scottish legal scholar and author of fiction. He was raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and was formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law and bioethics and served on related British and international committees. He has since become known as a fiction writer, with sales in English exceeding 40 million by 2010 and translations into 46 languages. He is known as the creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. The "McCall" derives from his great-great-grandmother Bethea McCall, who married James Smith at Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, in 1833.
더 알아보기...1948년 8월 24일은(는) 화요일의 별 기호 아래에 있는 **♍**입니다. 올해의 236일이었습니다. 미국 대통령은 Harry S. Truman입니다.
이 날에 태어났다면 당신은 77살입니다. 마지막 생일은 2025년 8월 24일 일요일, 270일 전이었습니다. 다음 생일은 2026년 8월 24일 월요일일 후 94입니다. 당신은 28,394일, 약 681,477시간, 약 40,888,666분 또는 약 2,453,319,960초 동안 살았습니다.
Date: 25 August 1948
By JOSEPH A. LOFTUSSpecial to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Joseph LOFTUSSpecial
NLRB to file contempt action aimed at competency clauses and cutting off Chicago strike support; Judge Swygert informed of plan; considers show cause writ; ITU atty H Kaiser comments
Date: 25 August 1948
Van Arkel calls Denham tool of Taft and Chicago publishers
Date: 25 August 1948
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Maj Gen Bishop bars 3 Brit Fascist pubs, Ruhr
Date: 25 August 1948
Feb jailing of 2 Newburgh, NY, newsmen during gambling probe linked to Orange County primary election results