Alfred Bernhard Nobel

Physicist and chemist

Alfred Nobel was a Swedish inventor, chemist, and engineer who is best known for establishing the Nobel Prizes. He was born on October 21, 1833, in Stockholm, Sweden. Nobel's early life was marked by tragedy, with the loss of his father and several siblings in childhood. He went on to study chemistry and physics at the University of Uppsala, where he received his Ph.D. in 1859. Nobel's work in the field of explosives...