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The Birth of Alfred Nobel
Alfred Bernhard Nobel was born In Stockholm, Sweden. Alfred was one of four children. While he was a child one of his siblings dyed for he becaome very sick which was very common during that time period. -
Alfred Nobel As A Child
Alfred Nobel was often very sick as a child as well as his other three siblings. Alfred’s father struggled with the family business in Sweden. When Alfred was four, his father moved St. Petersburg, Russia, to take a job manufacturing explosives. The family followed him in 1842. -
Alfred's Life As A Young Man
As a young man, Nobel studied with chemist Nikolai Zinin; then, in 1850, went to Paris to further his work. -
Alfred Nobel Continues His Study
He then went to the United States for four years to study chemistry, while working with inventor John Ericsson. Alfred Nobel also filed his first patent, for a gas meter, in 1857 -
Alfred's Study of Chemistry
Alfred soon returned to Sweden to establish is own factory. -
The Death Alfred Nobels Brother
While Alfred created nitroglycerin or dynamite there was an exposion at the plant killing his brother and four workers. -
Alfred Nobles Factory
Alfred created nitroglycerin or dynamite, he thought it was safe and easy to maintain. After the death of his brother he began to work with another chemical. -
Another Invetion of Alfred Nobel
After the shock of the death of his brother Alfred began working with gelignite another explosive he created. -
The Recognition of Alfred Nobels Work
Alfred Nobel was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for his outsanding work. -
The False Death
When Ludvig Noble died the press released the obituary of Alfred. Alfred was hurt by many of the coments made by the reporters saying that "The merchant of death is dead". -
The Death of Alfred Nobel
Alfred Died December 10, 1896 in Sanremo, Italy.
