Alfred Nobel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alfred Nobel

Swedish chemist, innovator, and armaments manufacturer

Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1833

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Death: 10-Dec-1896

Profession: photographer, engineer, chemist, industrialist, philanthropist, weapons manufacturer

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Alfred Bernhard Nobel ( noh-BEL, Swedish: ['alfr?d n?'b?l?] (listen); 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish businessman, chemist, engineer, inventor, and philanthropist.
He held 355 different patents, dynamite being the most famous.
The synthetic element nobelium was named after him.
He owned Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments.
Having read a premature obituary which condemned him for profiting from the sales of arms, he bequeathed his fortune to institute the Nobel Prize.
His name also survives in companies such as Dynamit Nobel and AkzoNobel, which are descendants of mergers with companies that Nobel established.