Alfred Nobel
By: Anisa Kidd-Wilkerson
Period 2

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• Born October 21,1833 in Stockholm, Sweden
• Was a Swedish chemist
• Innovator
• Armaments manufacturer
• And engineer

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• He worked at his fathers arms factory as a young man.
• intellectually curious
• So he began to experiment with explosives
• 1864 his brother was killed by a deadly explosion
• Deeply affected by this so he devoleped a safer explosive

LANGUAGES

• Alfred could fluently speak swedish
• English
• French
• German
• Russian

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• He invented a mixture of nitroglycerin
• And an absorbent substance
• What is what we call Dynamite

NOBEL PRIZE

• Honors men and women
• For outstanding achievements
• In physics, chemistry, medicine and literature
• And for working towards peace.
• He left $250 million dollars to fund the Nobel prizes

CHANGE

• Another one of alfreds brothers dies
• The newspaper accidentally printed alfreds obituary
• They weren't very kind saying
• "His dynamite killed many people"
• Alfred wasnt happy with this so he changed his legacy

1870'S-1880'S

• Built up a network of factories all over Europe
• The factories manufactured explosives
• Although he lived in Paris he travelled widely

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• He continued to work in his laboratory
• Inventing a number of synthetic materials
• He had 335 patents registered before he died

GELIGNITE

• 1867 Alfred created Gelignite
• A mixture of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin
• 1887 Ballistite, similar to Gelignite, was created
• It was a a smokeless, slow burning projectile propellant
• It was produced in response of the military.

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• He was a shy
• Who hated personal publicity
• He kept as little and formal contact with all his companies

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• He died at age 63
• Because of a stroke
• He lived a sickly life as a young boy
• But always was curious about explosives

FAMILY

• His mother is Caroline Andrietta Ahlsell
• His father is Immanuel Nobel
• He had seven siblings

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• He died December 10, 1896
• In San Remo, Italy
• He has been awarded the John Fritz Medal

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://www.biography.com/people/alfred-nobel-9424195#synopsis
• http://biography.yourdictionary.com/alfred-bernhard-nobel