Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But life wasn’t always so illustrious for Alfred Nobel. According to Ingrid Carlberg’s biography of Nobel, he had a tough ...

Alfred Nobel was born on October 21, 1833, and his transition from arms manufacturer to founder of the Nobel Prize is intriguing. Known as the 'dynamite king,' he emerged from a family with ties to ...

There is at least one case where a premature obituary is said have been a force for good. Legend has it that when wealthy Swedish-Russian oil magnate Ludvig Nobel died during a visit to Cannes, France ...

Historical events are filled with accounts of rich industrial tycoons who spend their last moments of life creating colossal monuments for their surnames. In essence, what is expected from such a ...

The Nobel Prize might never had existed had a newspaper not accidentally posted Alfred Nobel's obituary before he died. During his lifetime, Nobel became famous for making a vast fortune off inventing ...

You probably know the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel as the founder of the Nobel Prize and the inventor of dynamite, but he created even more than that over his lifetime, with 355 patents in his name by ...

The Nobel Prize season ended last month when winners of the six different awards were announced for their outstanding accomplishments in fields ranging from medicine to literature. But over the years, ...

On Friday, Venezuelan Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize, which is considered the most prestigious international ...