Alfred Bernhard Nobel ([äl'fred bern'härd nōbel']
listen (help·info)) (21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer. He was the inventor of dynamite. Nobel also owned
Bofors,
which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and
steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments.
Nobel held 350 different patents, dynamite being the most famous. He
used his fortune to posthumously institute the Nobel Prizes. The synthetic element
nobelium was named after him. His name also survives in modern-day companies such as
Dynamite Nobel and
Akzo Nobel, which are descendants of the companies Nobel himself established.
Alfred Bernhard Nobel ([äl'fred bern'härd nōbel'] 
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