Biography of Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite and other explosives, spent his enormous fortune, earned on his 365 patents, to found the Nobel Prize.
Early years
The fourth of eight children of Immanuel and Carolina Nobel, Alfred Bernhard Nobel was born on October 21, 1833 in the Swedish city of Stockholm. As a child, he was often sick, but always showed a keen interest in the world around him. Despite the fact that Nobel’s father was an experienced engineer and an exceptional inventor, he did not abandon attempts to found a profitable business in Sweden. When Alfred was 4 years old, his father moved to Russia, to St. Petersburg, to lead the production of explosives. In 1842 the family moved to him. In Russia, rich parents hire Alfred private teachers. He easily learns chemistry and speaks fluent Swedish, in English, French, German and Russian.
Invention and heritage
At 18, Alfred left Russia. After spending a year in Paris, where he continues
In 1888, Alfred’s brother Ludwig died in France. But, because of a ridiculous mistake, the newspapers have an obituary on the death of Alfred himself, in which the creation of dynamite is sharply condemned. Outraged by such an incident and disappointed in the hopes of leaving a good memory of himself, Nobel abandons his part of the family status in favor of creating a Nobel Prize, designed to reward scientists of both sexes for outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine and literature, and for work in the field achieve peace.
December 10, 1896 in the city of San Remo, Nobel dies from the blow that hit him. After paying taxes and deducting private hereditary shares from his estate, 31,225,000 Swedish kroner goes to the Nobel prize fund.
Quotations
“On some good intentions, the world can not be built.”
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