Alfred Nobel

    Alfred Nobel was born the son of a Swedish construction worker in Stockholm. 1833 Born in Stockholm. Sweden. Nobel moved with his family as a youngster to St. Petersburg where he was tutored privately by leading university professors. After the Crimean War, the family reed to Sweden.

    He invented dynamite in 1866 and it made him rich. Nobel was as interested in drama and poetry' as he, I was in chemistry and physics, but it was in the sciences that he made his fame.

    By the time of his death he held more than 350 patents in different countries in electrochemistry, optics, biology, and physiology and controlled factories and labs in 20 countries. Although he worked for the majority of his life developing explosives, Nobel was essentially a pacifist. When, in his later years he drew up a well, he stated that he wished the majority of his nine million do1lar fortune to be used to fund awards in different fields of study. He stated that the awards should be given to those who have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind.

    The Swedish inventor and industrialist, was a man of many contrasts. He was the son of a bankrupt, but became a millionaire; a scientist with the love of literature. However, he was a industrialist who managed to remain an idealist. Although Alfred Nvbe1 used his powers as an industrialist to produce and then sell the product, he should be best remembered for his legacy. Through his will, outstanding artists, scientists and humanitarians alike have been able to push through their invaluable work for the good of humankind.