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Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)

Alfred Bernhard Nobel (21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist. He is best known for having bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel Prize, though he also made several important contributions to science, holding 355 patents in his lifetime. Nobel's most famous invention was dynamite, a safer and easier means of harnessing the explosive power of nitroglycerin; it was patented in 1867 and was soon used worldwide for mining and infrastructure development.

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Alternative Names: Alfred Bernhard Nobel • Nobel • Alfred B. Nobel

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Similar: Oscar Wilde 48.2% George Bernard Shaw 47.3% Sophocles 47.3% Voltaire 47.2% Henrik Ibsen 46.8% Mark Twain 46.6% Michel de Montaigne 46.3% Friedrich Nietzsche 46.3% Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 46.1% Benjamin Franklin 46.0%
I would not leave anything to a man of action as he would be tempted to give up work; on the other hand, I would like to help dreamers as they find it difficult to get on in life.

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