On November 27, 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his third and last will at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris. When it was opened and read after his death, the will caused a lot of controversy both in Sweden and internationally, as Nobel had left much of his wealth for the establishment of a prize. His family…

by Åke Erlandsson “Thus it [the child] grew and developed into a thinking, sentient being with an inner world of poesy that no tyranny could extinguish. The lyrics of our wonderful poets became for me entrancing and consoling echoes of the spiritual world of feeling and thought.” Beatrice Cenci in Alfred Nobel’s tragedy Nemesis Introduction…

English I, the undersigned, Alfred Bernhard Nobel, after mature deliberation, hereby declare the following to be my last will and testament with regard to such property as I may leave upon my death: My nephews, Hjalmar and Ludvig Nobel, sons of my brother Robert Nobel, will each receive the sum of two hundred thousand crowns;…

Swedish Jag undertecknad Alfred Bernhard Nobel förklarar härmed efter moget betänkade min yttersta vilja i afseende å den egendom jag vid min död kan efterlemna vara följande: Mina brorssöner Hjalmar och Ludvig Nobel, söner af min Broder Robert Nobel, erhålla hvardera en summa af Två Hundra Tusen Kronor; Min Brorsson Emmanuel Nobel erhåller Tre Hundra…

  All books in alphabetical order Name First name Title, subtitle etc. Place of publ. Year Publisher Abel Frederick Augustus Accidents in mines. With an abstract of the discussion about the paper. (Brochure) London 1888 The Institution of Civil Engineers About Edmond Le roman d’un brave homme. Paris 1883 Hachette Accidents   Accidents in mines.…

by Åke Erlandsson “A recluse without books and ink is already in life a dead man” – Alfred Nobel During his lifetime, Alfred Nobel was undoubtedly more renowned for his work as an inventor and industrialist than for his interests in the arts. However, to understand his versatility, his complex and at times contradictory nature,…

Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on 21 October 1833. His family was descended from Olof Rudbeck, the best-known technical genius in Sweden in the 17th century, an era in which Sweden was a great power in northern Europe. Nobel was fluent in several languages, and wrote poetry and drama. Nobel was also…

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by Lorenette Gozzo Alfred Nobel once said, “Home is where I work and I work everywhere.” It was a running commentary on the kind of life he had led as a result of his growing business empire. Rootless, though, he was not. Nobel managed to “settle down” at fixed points, from where he could oversee…