| Birth: | Oct. 21, 1833
Stockholm
Jamtlands Lan, Sweden | | Death: | Dec. 10, 1896 | 
Inventor. He was the inventor of dynamite, and the founder of the Nobel Prize. As a young man working in his father's munitions factory, he became fascinated with the newly invented substance called nitroglycerin. Given the fact that nitroglycerin was notoriously unstable when moved, he experimented with different additives. He soon found that mixing nitroglycerin with silica would turn the liquid into a paste which could be shaped into rods of a size and form suitable for insertion into drilling holes for the production of stone for building construction. In 1867 he patented this material under the name of dynamite. Nobel patented the explosive he named ballisite, a derivative of dynamite, which was extensively used in bombs and canon ordinance in the Crimean War, which consequently made him one of the world's richest men. The fact that his inventions were more valued as a tool of destruction drove him to fits of deep depression which caused his heart to weaken. A chronic sufferer of chest colds, Nobel purchased a villa in the picturesque town of San Remo, Italy, where he continued chemical experiments and lived out the remainder of his life, passing away on December 10, 1896. He bequeathed his fortune to those who had benefited humanity through science, literature and efforts to promote peace, and in 1901 the first Nobel Peace Prize was awarded. (bio by: Ron Greenberg)
Cause of death: Stroke
Search Amazon for Alfred Nobel | | | Burial:
Norra begravningsplatsen (Northern Cemetery)
Solna
Stockholms Lan, Sweden
Plot: Section Kv 4A, grave 170 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Nov 07, 1999
Find A Grave Memorial# 6860 |
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