It was printed while he was dying, but the entire stock was destroyed immediately after his death except for three copies, being regarded as scandalous and blasphemous. His Nemesis is a prose tragedy in four acts about the Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci. He also developed sufficient literary skill to write poetry in English. Nobel gained proficiency in Swedish, French, Russian, English, German, and Italian. For 18 months, from 1841 to 1842, Nobel went to the only school he ever attended as a child, in Stockholm. Now prosperous, his parents were able to send Nobel to private tutors and the boy excelled in his studies, particularly in chemistry and languages, achieving fluency in English, French, German and Russian. In 1842, the family joined him in the city. He invented the veneer lathe (which made possible the production of modern plywood ) and started work on the torpedo. Alfred Nobel at a young age in the 1850sįollowing various business failures, Nobel's father moved to Saint Petersburg, Russia, and grew successful there as a manufacturer of machine tools and explosives. Alfred Nobel's interest in technology was inherited from his father, an alumnus of Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Through his father, Alfred Nobel was a descendant of the Swedish scientist Olaus Rudbeck (1630–1702), and in his turn, the boy was interested in engineering, particularly explosives, learning the basic principles from his father at a young age. The family was impoverished and only Alfred and his three brothers survived beyond childhood. The couple married in 1827 and had eight children. He was the third son of Immanuel Nobel (1801–1872), an inventor and engineer, and Karolina Andriette Nobel ( née Ahlsell 1805–1889).

Personal life Early life and education The Nobel familyĪlfred Nobel was born in Stockholm, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway on 21 October 1833. 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. The synthetic element nobelium was named after him, 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 later inspired to donate his fortune to the Nobel Prize institution, which would annually recognize those who 'conferred the greatest benefit to humankind'. 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 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. Nobel's most famous invention was dynamite, an explosive using nitroglycerin it was patented in 1867. He also made several important contributions to science, holding 355 patents in his lifetime. He is known for creating dynamite as well as having bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel Prize. Norra begravningsplatsen, Stockholm, Swedenĥ9☂1′24.52″N 18☁′9.43″E / 59.3568111°N 18.0192861☎ / 59.3568111 18.0192861Ĭhemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, philanthropistīenefactor of the Nobel Prize, inventor of dynamiteĪlfred Bernhard Nobel ( / n oʊ ˈ b ɛ l/ noh- BEL, Swedish: ⓘ 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist.

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