For the Irish racehorse, see Alfred Nobel (horse).
Not to be confused with Alfred Noble.
Alfred Nobel
Nobel in 1896
Born
(1833-10-21)21 October 1833
Stockholm, Sweden
Died
10 December 1896(1896-12-10) (aged 63)
Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Resting place
Norra begravningsplatsen, Stockholm 59°21′24.52″N18°1′9.43″E / 59.3568111°N 18.0192861°E / 59.3568111; 18.0192861
Monuments
Nobel Monument
Occupation(s)
Chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman
Known for
Benefactor of the Nobel Prize, inventor of dynamite
Parent(s)
Immanuel Nobel Andriette Nobel
Relatives
Ludvig Nobel Emil Oskar Nobel Robert Nobel
Signature
Alfred Bernhard Nobel (/noʊˈbɛl/noh-BEL, Swedish:[ˈǎlfrɛdnʊˈbɛlː]ⓘ; 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer and businessman. He is known for inventing dynamite as well as having bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel Prize. He also made several important contributions to science, holding 355 patents in his lifetime.
Nobel displayed an early aptitude for science and learning, particularly in chemistry and languages; he became fluent in six languages and filed his first patent at the age of 24. He embarked on many business ventures with his family, most notably owning the company Bofors, which was an iron and steel producer that he had developed into a major manufacturer of cannons and other armaments. Nobel's most famous invention, dynamite, was an explosive using nitroglycerin that was patented in 1867.
Nobel was later inspired to donate his fortune to the Nobel Prize institution, which would annually recognize those who "conferred the greatest benefit to humankind".[1][2] The synthetic element nobelium was named after him,[3] and his name and legacy also survives in companies such as Dynamit Nobel and AkzoNobel, which descend from mergers with companies he founded. Nobel was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which, pursuant to his will, would be responsible for choosing the Nobel laureates in physics and in chemistry.
^"Alfred Nobel's Fortune". The Norwegian Nobel Committee. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
^"Alfred Nobel's Will". The Norwegian Nobel Committee. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
^"Nobelium". Royal Society of Chemistry. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
Alfred Bernhard Nobel (/noʊˈbɛl/ noh-BEL, Swedish: [ˈǎlfrɛd nʊˈbɛlː] ; 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer and...
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of AlfredNobel (Swedish: Sveriges...
engineer, and industrialist AlfredNobel, in the year before he died. Prizes were first awarded in 1901 by the Nobel Foundation. Nobel's will indicated that the...
prize in the world." In accordance with AlfredNobel's will, the recipient is selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, a five-member committee appointed...
any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist AlfredNobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an...
The foundation is based on the last will of AlfredNobel, the inventor of dynamite. It also holds Nobel Symposia on important breakthroughs in science...
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially known as The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of AlfredNobel (Swedish:...
various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of AlfredNobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in...
will of AlfredNobel, which dictates that the awards should be administered by the Nobel Foundation. An additional prize in memory of AlfredNobel was established...
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize is an international peace prize established according to AlfredNobel's will that will be announced in 11 October 2024 by the...
physiology or medicine. The Nobel Prize is not a single prize, but five separate prizes that, according to AlfredNobel's 1895 will, are awarded "to those...
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature is an international literary prize established according to AlfredNobel's will that will be announced by the Swedish...
various fields of physics. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the 1895 will of AlfredNobel (who died in 1896), awarded for outstanding contributions...
promotion of peace congresses." As dictated by AlfredNobel's will, the award is administered by the Norwegian Nobel Committee and awarded by a committee of...
the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, given since 1968, is awarded with the aforementioned prizes. Each medal has a portrait of AlfredNobel in...
The Nobel Prizes are five separate prizes that, according to AlfredNobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred...
Dynamit Nobel AG is a German chemical and weapons company whose headquarters is in Troisdorf, Germany. It was founded in 1865 by AlfredNobel. After the...
the field of literature. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the 1895 will of AlfredNobel, which are awarded for outstanding contributions...
conferment of the Nobel Prize has engendered criticism and controversy. After his death in 1896, the will of Swedish industrialist AlfredNobel established...
Immanuel Nobel, Alfred's father. The couple had a total of eight children, out of which Robert Nobel, Ludvig Nobel, AlfredNobel, and Emil Oskar Nobel reached...
and stabilizers. It was invented by the Swedish chemist and engineer AlfredNobel in Geesthacht, Northern Germany, and was patented in 1867. It rapidly...
bequest of Swedish inventor AlfredNobelNobel may also refer to: AkzoNobel, the result of the merger between Akzo and Nobel Industries in 1994 Branobel...
his time, and AlfredNobel, the inventor of dynamite who left the major part of his estate to the creation of the Nobel Prizes. The Nobel family originated...
first manufactured plastic explosive was gelignite in 1875, invented by AlfredNobel. Plastic explosives are especially suited for explosive demolition of...
Memory of AlfredNobel 2022". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved October 11, 2022. "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of AlfredNobel 2017"...
industrialist AlfredNobel's estate, based on instructions of Nobel's will. Five members are appointed by the Norwegian Parliament. In his will, AlfredNobel tasked...
Economic Sciences in Memory of AlfredNobel 1998 Archived 30 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org The Nobel Peace Prize 2014 Archived 1 August...
of the Nobel family, he was the son of Immanuel Nobel (also an engineering pioneer) and Andriette Nobel, and the older brother of AlfredNobel (founder...
the list of Nobel Prizes, because they are neither among the prizes established as part of AlfredNobel's will nor, in the case of the Nobel Memorial Prize...
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