Photograph of Swedish scientist and philanthropist, Alfred Nobel (1833-96). Inventor of dynamite and gelignite, he left his fortune to the establishment of the Nobel Prizes.

Photograph of Swedish scientist and philanthropist, Alfred Nobel (1833-96). Inventor of dynamite and gelignite, he left his fortune to the establishment of the Nobel Prizes.

Photograph of Swedish scientist and philanthropist, Alfred Nobel (1833-96). Inventor of dynamite and gelignite, he left his fortune to the establishment of the Nobel Prizes.