Alfred
Nobel, who passed away on 10 December 1896, was a Swedish businessman, chemist, engineer,
inventor, and philanthropist. He held 355 different patents, dynamite being the
most famous. The synthetic element nobelium was named after him. He owned
Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and
steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments. He read a
premature obituary which condemned him for profiting from the sales of arms,
then bequeathed his fortune to institute the Nobel Prize. His name also
survives in companies such as Dynamit Nobel and AkzoNobel, which
are descendants of mergers with companies that Nobel established.
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