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Mariliis Jalajas10d

Life: Born on October 21, 1833 in Stockholm,

Sweden Died on December 10, 1896 (aged 63) in

Sanremo, Italy Resting place - Norra begravningsplatsen,

Stockholm Occupation - Chemist, engineer, innovator,

armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite.

The synthetic element nobelium The Nobel Prize

Dynamite

An explosive based on the explosive potential of nitroglycerin, initially using diatomaceous earth (kieselguhr) as an adsorbent.

Patented in 1867 Redhill, Surrey, England Gelignite(also blasting gelatin) was

patented in 1876

The Nobel Prize

Nobel signed his last will and testament and set aside the bulk of his estate on November 27, 1895

He died of a stroke on December 10, 1896 at Sanremo, Italy

31 million kronor First three of these prizes are in physical

science, chemistry and medical science or physiology.

The fourth is for literary work

The Nobel Prize Awarders

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is responsible for the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry

Karolinska Institute is responsible for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The Swedish Academy for the Nobel Prize in Literature

Committee of five persons are elected by the Norwegian Parliament for the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences was given the task to select the Economics Prize Laureates starting in 1969.

Facts

There are 797 Nobel Laureates in the world.

777 individuals and 20 organisations Some laureates and organisations

have been awarded more than once. Lawrence Bragg Leonia Hurwicz Only 34 Nobel Laureates have been

women and the remaining 743 were men.

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