Alfred Nobel birthday
Tehran(KNA) : Today is Alfred Nobel's birthday. A Swedish chemist invented dynamite and other explosives. He used his enormous fortune from 355 patents to institute the Nobel Prize.
Alfred Nobel was Born on October 21, 1833, in Stockholm, Sweden. He worked at his father's arms factory as a young man. Intellectually curious, he went on to experiment with chemistry and explosives. In 1864, a deadly explosion killed his younger brother. Deeply affected, Nobel developed a safer explosive: dynamite. Nobel used his vast fortune to establish the Nobel Prizes, which has come to be known for awarding the greatest achievements throughout the world. He died of a stroke in 1896