Engineers

Alfred Nobel

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Technology and Engineering Atlas. "Alfred Nobel." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-technology.interactiveatlas.org/engineers/alfred-nobel.

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Technology and Engineering Atlas. (n.d.). Alfred Nobel. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-technology.interactiveatlas.org/engineers/alfred-nobel

BibTeX

@misc{technologyandengineeringatlas-alfred-nobel,
  author = {Technology and Engineering Atlas},
  title = {Alfred Nobel},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-technology.interactiveatlas.org/engineers/alfred-nobel},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor and businessman, best known for inventing dynamite in 1866 and for establishing the Nobel Prizes through his 1895 will.

Facts

Birth Year

1833 1

Birth Date

1833-10-21 1

Death Year

1896 1

Death Date

1896-12-10 1

Nationality

Swedish 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Invented

Dynamite

Source Dynamite (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Alfred Nobel (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationLead section

Quote, Lead section

Alfred Bernhard Nobel ... 21 October 1833 - 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer, and businessman.

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Dynamite (Wikipedia)

WikipediaInvented: Dynamite, History section (inventor attribution)

Quote, Invented: Dynamite, History section (inventor attribution)

Dynamite was invented by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel in 1866 and was the first safely manageable explosive stronger than black powder.

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