Alfred Nobel

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Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896)

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A few months before his death in 1896, Alfred Nobel was prescribed nitroglycerine for this heart condition, writing to a friend: "Isn't it the irony of fate that I have been prescribed nitro-glycerin, to be taken internally! Source: Internet

Each medal features an image of Alfred Nobel in left profile on the obverse (front side of the medal). Source: Internet

Each medal has an image of Alfred Nobel in left profile on the obverse. Source: Internet

The award of Nobel prizes to John Kendrew and Max Perutz, and to Crick, Watson, and Wilkins was satirised in a short sketch in the BBC TV programme That Was The Week That Was with the Nobel Prizes being referred to as 'The Alfred Nobel Peace Pools.' Source: Internet

D. '74, senior visiting professor of economics, was awarded the 2012 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel on Monday morning. Source: Internet

Discovery The element was named after Alfred Nobel. Source: Internet

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