Alfred Nobel, the Swedish scientist who developed dynamite and established the Nobel Prizes, was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1833.
Alfred Nobel, the founder of Nobel Prize was born on October 21st in the year 1833. He was a Swedish engineer, chemist, entreprenur, inventor and philanthropist. Even a synthetic element Nobelium has been named after him. Nobel Prize are given till date in so many fields and the credit goes to him.
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