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Alfred Nobel


Born
in Stockholm, Sweden
October 21, 1833

Died
December 10, 1896


Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Bernhard Nobel invented dynamite in 1866 and bequeathed his fortune to institute the Nobel Prizes.
The Nobel Foundation annually awards these international prizes for outstanding achievements in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and economics and for the promotion of world peace.

This innovator manufactured armaments.

From previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer, Nobel redirected Bofors to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments and also owned it. Nobel held 355 different most famous patents. He read a premature obituary, which condemned him for profiting from the sales of arms. People named the synthetic element nobelium. His name also survives ...more

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Der Mann und seine Preise
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“I am a misanthrope, but exceedingly benevolent; I am very cranky, and am a super-idealist. ... I can digest philosophy better than food.”
― Alfred Bernhard Nobel
tags: benevolent, biography, cranky, idealist, misanthrope, philosophy
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“If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied”
― Alfred Nobel
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“Kant's style is so heavy that after his pure reason, the reader longs for unreasonableness.”
― Alfred Nobel
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