Good morning ‚ . Alfred Bernhard Nobel born on October 21 ‚1833 was a Swedish chemist‚ engineer‚ innovator‚ and armaments manufacturer. Nobel held 350 different patents‚ dynamite being the most famous. Born in Stockholm‚ Alfred Nobel was the fourth son of Immanuel Nobel ‚ and Andriette Nobel . Following various business failures‚ Nobel’s father moved to Saint Petersburg in 1837 and grew successful there as a manufacturer of machine tools and explosives. He invented modern plywood and started work
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Alfred Nobel Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833-1896)‚ Swedish inventor and philanthropist‚ was a man of many contrasts. He was a son of a bankrupt‚ but became a millionaire; a scientist with a love of literature. He made a large fortune but lived a simple life. He was cheerful in company‚ and often sad in private. A lover of mankind‚ he never had a wife or family to love him‚ a patriotic son of his native land‚ he died alone on foreign soil. He discovered a new explosive‚ dynamite‚ to improve the
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ALFRED NOBEL Alfred Nobel is one the most accredited scientist and industrialist in history. With over 300 patents held‚ he has made numerous amounts of contributions to science. Although Alfred Nobel had accomplished many things‚ the most significant things he had done‚ in my opinion‚ was the creation of dynamite and his involvement in the establishment of the Nobel Prize. Alfred Bernhard Nobel was born on October 21‚ 1833 in Stockholm‚ Sweden. His family had descended from Olof Rudbeck‚ a well-known
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Alfred Nobel Alfred Bernhard Nobel (21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist‚ engineer‚ innovator‚ and armaments manufacturer. He was the inventor of dynamite. Nobel also owned Bofors‚ which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments. Nobel held 350 different patents‚ dynamite being the most famous. He used his fortune to posthumously institute the Nobel Prizes. The synthetic
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Alfred Nobel: The Man behind the Prize. Alfred Nobel is known for starting the Nobel Prize. This prize is given every year to some of the greatest minds in the world who through their work‚ help to better society. In opposition to the improvement of society‚ is the fact that Nobel ’s other known inventions brought much death and destruction to the world (Frost). This combination of inventions helps to pose the question who was Alfred Nobel‚ and why did Nobel create this prize to help the world
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Nobel Prize In this paper I am going to discuss the Nobel Prize. Firstly I will inform you of the history of the prize‚ secondly its origin‚ and how it is awarded today. After that I will discuss the 2010 Nobel Prize for Medicine‚ 1901 Nobel Prize for Physics‚ and the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Alfred Nobel The Nobel Prize was named after a Swedish inventor and industrialist‚ Alfred Bernhard Nobel. Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm‚ Sweden on October 21‚ 1833. He was born into
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Text analysis about John Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech Summary The text is John Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech. In his speech he speaks about what literature means to him. In his great love for literature‚ he sees how people don’t appreciate it as much as they used to. He also mentions William Faulkner‚ his predecessor‚ who believed that a tragedy of physical fear‚ has sustained so long‚ that there are no more problems of the human spirit and only heart‚ with conflict
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life. Alfred Nobel was one such person (Biography.com‚ “Alfred Nobel Biography”). In his early life‚ Alfred Nobel was an intelligent young man. He was fluent in many languages including English‚ Swedish‚ Russian‚ French‚ and German. The Nobel children’s education was conducted by private tutors in St. Petersburg‚ Russia. Aside from excelling in languages‚ Alfred Nobel’s interests rested in poetry‚ English literature‚ chemistry‚ and physics. On a trip impressed upon him by his father‚ Alfred became
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Alfred Nobel Alfred Nobel was born on October 21‚ 1833 in Stockholm‚ Sweden. At the time of his birth‚ he was the fourth son of Immanuel and Caroline Nobel. Immanuel‚ his father‚ was an inventor and engineer who had married Caroline‚ his mother‚ in 1827. They had eight children‚ but only Alfred and three brothers reached adulthood. As a child Alfred was prone to illness‚ but this didn ’t interfere with his love of explosives and the fundamentals of engineering. He learned these things from his
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Informative Speech: Alfred Nobel Speech 1100 What would you say if one morning you wake up‚ read by mistake your own obituary‚ and see what people think about you? How would you like to be called:” the merchant of death‚ who built a fortune‚ by discovering new ways to mutilate and kill‚ is dead”. This happened to Alfred Nobel. The story is that when Alfred Nobel’s brother died‚ a French newspaper mistakenly published an obituary of Alfred. When he read this‚ he remained pained all of his life
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