Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer and inventor best known for inventing dynamite, whose 1895 will set aside the bulk of his fortune to establish the Nobel Prizes, first awarded in 1901.
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Alfred Bernhard Nobel (21 October 1833 - 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer, and businessman.
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Born: Alfred Bernhard Nobel, 21 October 1833, Stockholm, Sweden. Died: 10 December 1896 (aged 63), Sanremo, Italy.
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On 27 November 1895, at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Nobel signed his last will and set aside the bulk of his estate to establish the Nobel Prizes, to be awarded annually without distinction of nationality.
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