Alfred Nobel By Greg Jesionek Early Life Born

Alfred Nobel By: Greg Jesionek

Early Life �Born on October 21, 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden �Family was very poor �Family moved to St. Petersburg, Russia when Alfred was a child

Inspiration �Worked at his father’s arm factory �He was a descendant of scientist Olauus Rudbeck �His father invented plywood and worked on the torpedo. �Due to his father’s success Alfred had private tutors �Studied with chemist Nikolai Zinin �Studied for four years in the United States with John Ericsson �In 1854, a deadly explosion killed his brother

Dynamite �Nobel created a safer explosive, dynamite, due to his brother’s death �He used a mixture of nitroglycerin and an absorbent substance �He soon owned 350 patents

Alfred’s “Death” �Alfred’s brother, Ludwig, died in France �A newspaper published in the obituary, on accident, that Alfred had died. �The obituary condemned him for creating dynamite

Nobel Peace Prize �Nobel was disappointed by how he would be remembered �He set aside money to establish the Nobel Prize �The Nobel Prize honors men and women in achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and movements toward peace.

Nobel’s Legacy �Nobel died of a stroke on December 10, 1896 in Italy �Nobel left around 250 million U. S. dollars to fund the Nobel Prizes.

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Sources �http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Alfred_Nobel �http: //kids. britannica. com/comptons/art-55071/Saint. Petersburg-Russia? �http: //www. nobelprize. org/alfred_nobel/