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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).
Her parents were the Austrian Lieutenant general (German: Feldmarschall-Leutnant) Franz Michael de Paula Josef Graf Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1769–1843), then recently deceased at the age of 75, and his young wife, Sophie Wilhelmine von Körner (1815–1884), who was almost fifty years his junior.
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 ...
Awarded for outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics, often described as the "mathematician's Nobel prize" Jack Adams Award: Jack Adams: Ice hockey The National Hockey League coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success." Aga Khan Trophy: Aga Khan III: Equestrianism Aga Khan Award for Architecture: Aga Khan ...
"for devoting a quarter of a century of his life working towards the aims of the will of Alfred Nobel." William T. Murphy (1899–1978) "for his outstanding accomplishments for the cause of world peace." Kenneth J. Gray (1924–2014) "for devoting a major part of his life to the search of world peace." Jim Wright (1922–2015) "for his peace ...
“The electron transfer theory” — his Nobel Prize-winning work — “is a great example of that.” Marcus was at an electrochemistry conference when the call came in from Stockholm in 1992.
When it comes to recommendation letters, John Nash comes out on top. The mathematician and Nobel Prize winner and his wife died in a tragic car accident last month and as a tribute, Princeton ...
The Nobel Prizes (/ n oʊ ˈ b ɛ l / noh-BEL; Swedish: Nobelpriset [nʊˈbɛ̂lːˌpriːsɛt]; Norwegian: Nobelprisen [nʊˈbɛ̀lːˌpriːsn̩]) are five separate prizes awarded to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind, as established by the 1895 will of Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist Alfred Nobel, in the year before he died.