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Alfred Nobel, who died childless, was the inventor of dynamite and the founder of the Nobel Prizes to the creation of which he left the bulk of his estate. The Nobel family has created several societies, including the Nobel Family Society, a private society of which only the descendants of Immanuel Nobel, the younger are eligible as members,
Karolina Andriette Nobel (born Karolina Andriette Ahlsell; [1] [2] 30 September 1803 – 7 December 1889 [3]) was a Swedish woman and the mother of scientist Alfred Nobel. Andriette was the daughter of Carolina Roospigg, [4] and her father worked as a head clerk. [1] On the 8th of July 1827 she married Immanuel Nobel, Alfred's father.
Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden on 21 October 1833. He was the third son of Immanuel Nobel (1801–1872), an inventor and engineer, and Andriette Nobel (née Ahlsell 1805–1889).
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
"Now, God be with you, my dear children; I have breakfasted with you, and shall sup with my Lord Jesus Christ this night." [11]: 22–23 [note 82] — Robert Bruce of Kinnaird, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (27 July 1631) Death of King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden at the Battle of Lützen by Carl Wahlbom.
In 1876, with the encouragement of her employers, she answered a newspaper advertisement which led to her briefly becoming secretary and housekeeper to Alfred Nobel in Paris. [20] In the few weeks of her employment, she and Nobel developed a friendship, and Nobel may have made romantic overtures. [ 21 ]
He was a member of the Nobel family and the father of Robert Nobel, Ludvig Nobel, Alfred Nobel and Emil Oskar Nobel. In 1827 he married the children's mother, Andriette Ahlsell. [1] [2] He also often experimented with nitroglycerin with his sons, which led to his son Emil Oskar's death because of an explosion at his father's factory Heleneborg ...
Emil Nobel was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He was the youngest son of Immanuel Nobel (1801–1872) and Karolina Andrietta Ahlsell (1803–1889). He was the brother of Robert Nobel, Ludvig Nobel and Alfred Nobel. In 1842, Immanuel Nobel opened a workshop with foundry in St. Petersburg returning to Sweden in 1859 with his youngest sons Emil ...