叶三多教授原名叶昌箴,曾用名叶德。生于1899年,浙江省平阳县人。1918年毕业于浙江省公立医药专门学校药科。1919年赴法国,与当时中国留法学生一起,参加勤工俭学活动。他白天在工厂当钳工、木工和制药技师,有时甚至以擦皮鞋维持生活,夜间补习功课,待稍有积蓄之后,曾到德国、比利时、奥地利等国参观学习,嗣后进入巴黎大学药学院深造。1926年回国以后,除了短期曾在上海固本药皂厂担任技师、制药部主任,在上海华美药房担任药师外,长期在医药院校从事药学教育和科学研究工作。1980年元月因病逝世,终年81岁。叶三多教授在解放前曾任上海中国医学院教授、上海法文专修院教师、浙江医药专科学校教授、浙江英士大学教授兼药学系主任、浙江医学院教授等职,先后担任生药学、药用植物学、调剂学、处方学、德文、法文、药用拉丁文等课程的教学工作。他克服种种困难,为开创我国近代药学教育,培养药学 Ye Sanduo formerly known as Ye Chang-pro, who used the name of Ye Tak. Born in 1899, Pingyang County, Zhejiang Province. 1918 graduated from the Zhejiang Provincial Public Pharmaceutical College of Medicine. In 1919 went to France, and then the Chinese students studying in France, to participate in work-study program. He worked as a fitter, carpenter, and pharmaceutical technician in the factory during the daytime, and sometimes even practiced cleaning his shoes and tutoring at night. After a little savings, he went to Germany, Belgium, Austria and other countries to study and then went on to study at the University of Paris School of Pharmacy. After returning to China in 1926, he worked as a technician and director of pharmaceutical department in Shanghai Gubei Pharmaceutical Soap Factory for a short time and worked as a pharmacist in Shanghai Huamei Pharmacy for a long time. He was engaged in pharmaceutical education and scientific research for a long time in medical colleges and universities. January 1980 died of illness, at the age of 81. Before the liberation, Professor Ye Sanduo was a professor of Shanghai Chinese Medical College, a professor of Shanghai French College, a professor of Zhejiang Medical College, a professor and professor of pharmacy department of Zhejiang Insti University, and a professor of Zhejiang Medical College. He served successively as pharmacist, medicinal Botany, Dispensing, Prescription, German, French, Latin and other medical courses teaching. He overcomes all kinds of difficulties in order to create a modern pharmacy education in our country and train pharmacy