Happy Birthday Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel, born October 21, 1833, is famous for inventing dynamite and using the fortune made from dynamite to fund the Nobel Prizes. The erroneous publication in 1888 of a premature obituary of Nobel by a French newspaper, condemning him for his invention of dynamite, is said to have brought about his decision to leave a better legacy after his death. The obituary stated "Le marchand de la mort est mort ("The merchant of death is dead") and went on to say, "Dr. Alfred Nobel, who became rich by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before, died yesterday.”