| Name(s) |
ALFRED Bernhard
NOBEL |
| Date of
Birth |
October 21, 1833
- Stockholm, Sweden. |
| Date of
Death |
December 10, 1896 |
|
Identity |
Swedish chemist,
engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer. |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- April 12, 1888: A French
newspaper inadvertently published an obituary for him
calling him "a merchant of death".
- November 27, 1895: Nobel
signed his last will and testament setting aside the bulk of
his estate to establish the Nobel Prizes, to be awarded
annually without distinction of nationality. The first three
of these prizes are awarded for eminence in physical
science, in chemistry and in medical science or physiology;
the fourth is for literary work in an ideal direction and
the fifth prize is to be given to the person or society that
renders the greatest service to the cause of international
fraternity and peace.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He was the inventor of dynamite.
- He also owned the world famous Bofors, a major
manufacturer of cannon and other armaments.
- He held 350 different patents, dynamite being the most
famous.
- He used his wealth to posthumously institute the Nobel
Prizes.
- The synthetic element nobelium was named after him.
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