Alfred Bernhard Nobel was Swedish inventor and scholar who created a vast fortune from his invention of dynamite and ordered the creation of the popular Nobel Prizes in his will.
He was born on 21st October 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden to Immanuel Nobel, an inventor and engineer, and Karolina Andriette Nobel. He was interested in engineering, specifically explosives, studying the standard principles from his father at a young age. He held 355 distinct patents, dynamite being the most popular. The synthetic element nobelium was named immediately after him.
Nobel also owned Bofors. Primarily an iron and steel producer he shifted his concern to a key manufacturer of cannon and other armaments. His total asses have been made use of to establish 5 Nobel prizes. The initial 3 of the Nobel prizes are awarded for eminence in physics, chemistry and health-related science or physiology. The fourth Nobel is for literary work and the fifth prize is to be offered to the individual or society that offered the greatest service to the bring about of international fraternity.
Each year on 10 December, the Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm, Sweden on the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. In 1901, the committee kept the initial winners secret till the 10 December ceremony. Since then, the committee announces the Nobel Laureates in October every single year. Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded annually on December 10th.