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Also Known As Alfred Bernhard Nobel
Born October 21, 1833 • Stockholm • Sweden
Died December 10, 1896 (aged 63) • San Remo • Italy
Inventions ballistite • blasting cap • dynamite • gelatinous dynamite

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Alfred Nobel
page one of Alfred Bernhard Nobel's will
page four of Alfred Bernhard Nobel's will
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The section of Alfred Bernhard Nobel's will that established the Nobel Prizes. The relevant text appears on pages two and three.
Alfred Nobel, detail of a portrait (from a photograph) by Emil Österman, 1915; in the Nobel Foundation, Stockholm
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