Alfred Bernhard Nobel

1833-1896

 

He was a Swedish chemist who invented dynamite. He owned an armaments manufacturing company, Bofors, which had previously been an iron and steel mill. In his will he left his entire fortune to institute the Nobel Prizes. Nobelium was named after him.

 
 

  1. Photographs of Stockholm, Sweden
 

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