Alfred Nobel: Founder of the Nobel Prizes | Mini Bio | Biography

Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1833. In 1864, a deadly explosion killed his younger brother, inspiring Nobel to develop a safer explosive: dynamite. Nobel used his vast fortune to establish the Nobel Prizes. #Biography #AlfredNobel Subscribe for more Biography: Dive deeper into Biography on our site: Follow Biography for more surprising stories from fascinating lives: Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - Biography highlights newsworthy personalities and events with compelling and surprising points-of-view, telling the true stories from some of the most accomplished non-fiction storytellers of our time.