Nobel, Alfred Bernhard

Born: 1833 AD
Died: 1896 AD, at 63 years of age.

Nationality: Swedish
Categories: Chemists, Engineers


Swedish businessman, inventor, and philanthropist

 

invented dynamite

 

registered 355 patents in various countries

 

establisher and eponym of Nobel Prizes

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