ALFRED NOBEL

BIRTHDATE

• Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden
• Birthday:October 21, 1883
• Born as Alfred Bernhard Nobel

OCCUPATIONS

• Invented dynamite and other explosives
• Dynamite was used for: blasting tunnels building railways, roads and building Mt.Rushmore
• Created the Nobel Peace Prize
• detonating caps- small sensitive primary explosive device generally used to detonate a big explosive
• Created nitroglycerine which led into fatal injuries of his brother and many other people.

TIDBITS

• In 1842 he moved to St.Petersburg, Russia
• Spoke 5 languages fluently by the age of 17 English, Russian, French, German,and Swedish
• Won the John Fritz medal

EARLY LIFE

• Born to father, Immanuel Nobel
• Born to mother, Andriette Nobel neé Ahlsell
• Brothers-Robert, Ludvig, and Emil Nobel
• Mother had children after Alfred but all died
• All education was provided by private tutors at the house

PATENTS EARNED

• Nitroglycerin which is blasting oil
• Detonator which is blasting cap
• Blasting cap-small sensitive primary explosive device generally used to detonate a larger,
• Dynamite

MIDDLE AGED LIFE

• When his family moved to Russia in 1842 his dad's company was doing very well
• The factory was for bombs for the war
• The family returned home except for the 2 brothers
• Albert started to play with explosives
• Years after his return in 1867 Alfred Nobel made dynamite on accident.

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

• Alfred Nobel created the Nobel peace prize
• felt guilty for killing innocent people in the explosion in his dad's factory
• Is awarded to people who have done things in:
• Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.
• Some people who have been awarded are: Martin Luther King Jr. And Nelson Mandela

DEATHDATE

• December 10, 1896
• Age- 63
• San Remo, Italy
• He has a monument called the "blown up tree"-
• In St.Petersburg, buried in Stockholm

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/nobel_alfred.shtml. Vol. 1. N.p.: BBC, 2013. 1 vols. Print.
• Networks, A+E. Http://www.biography.com/people/alfred-nobel-9424195. Vol. 1. N.p.: A+E Networks, 2013. 1 vols. Print.
• Media, Nobel. Http://www.nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/biographical/timeline/. N.p.: Nobel Media, 2013. Print.
• YouTube-http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=43aaEZ0fp6U

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