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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).
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 ...
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 ...
Nobel: The Enigmatic Alfred, His World and His Prize (Swedish: Nobel. Den gåtfulle Alfred, hans värld och hans pris) is a biographical book by Swedish journalist Ingrid Carlberg. It is her seventh book. It was shortlisted for the August Prize for Non-Fiction in 2019. [1] [2]
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 ...
A page from Nobel's manuscript for Nemesis. Nemesis is a tragedy in four acts written by Alfred Nobel, who founded the Nobel Prizes. The play, was written shortly before his death in 1896 and printed while he was dying. Following Nobel's death the entire printed edition was destroyed, except for three copies. [1]
Nobel bequeathed 94% of his total assets, 31 million Swedish kronor, to establish and endow the five Nobel Prizes. [11] (As of 2024 that equates to 266 million US dollars.) Alfred Nobel's will from 25 November 1895. The whole of my remaining realizable estate shall be dealt with in the following way:
The manor served as the very last residence of Alfred Nobel in Sweden. [10] [11] Before he had moved in, his nephew, Hjalmar Nobel, conducted a renovation of the building. [12] The creation of the Nobel Foundation was led from Björkborn Manor by Ragnar Sohlman. [13] A major part of Alfred Nobel’s private library is still preserved at this ...