ALFRED NOBEL

    founder of the Nobel Prizes.

Background

  • October 21, 1833-December 10, 1896
  • Place of birth: Stockholm, Sweden
  • Biographical highlights:
    • 1866 - Invented dynamite
    • 1895 - Signed his final will and testament in Paris establishing the Nobel Prizes (November 27)
    • 1896 - Died of a brain hemorrhage at his home in San Remo, Italy (December 10)
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