Who is Alfred Nobel?
Alfred Nobel is the inventor of dynamite. Alfred was born on October 21, 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden. Alfred lived with his Mom, Dad and three brothers. After Alfred, they had four more children. Alfred was not wealthy as a child, only he and his three brothers lived to be adults. Alfred's dad moved to St. Petersburg in 1837 and became successful in creating the first "modern plywood." His father also started working on the "Torpedo." In 1842, Alfred and the rest of his family moved to St. Petersburg to be with his dad. Alfred's dad now had a great job and a lot of money; so his parents were able to send him to school and be tutored. Alfred tried hard and did well in school. All throughout school and childhood, Nobel excelled the most in Chemistry. Nobel also owned Bofos, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer, to a major manufacturer of cannons and other armaments. Later in Alfred's career, he discovered how to safely use Nitroglycerin; this played an important role for his future design of Dynamite. After making Dynamite, Alfred realized that this tool was not always put to good use. Countries were using this material as bombs in war. This gave Alfred so much grief and stress, it drove him to his last invention. The Nobel Peace Prize.