Alfred Bernhard Nobel

Alfred Bernhard Nobel was born in 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden and died in 1896. He was educated in St. Petersburg, Russia. In the 1860's he began experimenting with nitroglycerin in his father's factory. Finally he discover that a mix of kieselguhr and nitroglycerin was most effective and named it dynamite. He received a patent for it in 1867. Then later in his life he combined nitroglycerin with an explosive called gun-cotton that produced a jelly-like substance that was more even more powerful than dynamite. These inventions helped humanity because they reduced the cost of many construction work like drilling tunnels, blasting rocks, and building bridges back then. In addition, not only did Nobel invent explosives, but he also invented the Nobel prizes. As you all probably know, people have been getting these awards since 1901. This is all thanks to Alfred Nobel, who donated a $9 million dollar fund for the Nobel prizes as his last will. He meant for the awards to be given out when people made honored achievements and discoveries in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and work in peace that helped humanity. Overall, Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a very intelligent and generous man that should be honored for his achievements forever!

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