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Biographies of Nobel include Michael Evlanoff and Marjorie Fluor, Alfred Nobel: The Loneliest Millionaire (1969), focusing on his personal relationships; and Kenne Fant, Alfred Nobel (1993; originally published in Swedish, 1991), presenting Nobel through his correspondence and his play, Nemesis.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: Tekniska museet - Alfred Nobel Dynamite. | Sep 05, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Swedens Nobel gift to the world. | Jul 23, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: McGill University - Office for Science and Society - How Dynamite Spawned the Nobel Prizes. | Jun 11, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: MY HERO - Alfred Nobel. | Apr 24, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 06, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 17, 2025 | ||
| Revised the Top Questions section. | Oct 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal - Alfred Nobel and His Prizes: From Dynamite to DNA (PDF). | May 09, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN Sports - Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott being investigated for alleged 2017 sexual assault. | Nov 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Linda Hall Library - Alfred Nobel. | Sep 24, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Indian Academy of Sciences - Alfred Bernhard Nobel. | Aug 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - News - The story behind Alfred Nobel's spirit of discovery. | Jun 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Committee of the Red Cross - Alfred Bernhard Nobel and the Peace Prize (PDF). | Mar 29, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Vanderbilt University - Alfred Nobel. | Mar 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Alfred Nobel and His Prizes: From Dynamite to DNA. | Sep 10, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Investopedia - Alfred Nobel. | Apr 23, 2022 | ||
| Changed “four years” to “time.” Changed “his return to St. Petersburg” to “his return to St. Petersburg in 1852.” | Feb 18, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Dec 30, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Facts about Famous People - Alfred Nobel Facts and Biography. | Feb 18, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Biography of Alfred Nobel. | Feb 18, 2019 | ||
| Deleted photograph. | Dec 13, 2017 | ||
| Changed article title from Alfred Bernhard Nobel to Alfred Nobel. | Nov 04, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | May 17, 2016 | ||
| In the discussion of nitroglycerin, changed "volatile" to "unstable." | Mar 19, 2012 | ||
| Added photograph. | Feb 17, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Nobel Prize - The man behind the prize Alfred Nobel. | Jan 11, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Alfred Nobel. |
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| Added new Web site: Science History Institute - Alfred Nobel. | Oct 19, 2006 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Sep 07, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 12, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 10, 1999 |
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