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Biographies of Nobel include Michael Evlanoff and Marjorie Fluor, Alfred Nobel: The Loneliest Millionaire (1969), focusing on his personal relationships; and Kenne Fant, Alfred Nobel (1993; originally published in Swedish, 1991), presenting Nobel through his correspondence and his play, Nemesis.

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Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Alfred Nobel and His Prizes: From Dynamite to DNA. Nov 22, 2024
Anniversary information added. Oct 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Linda Hall Library - Alfred Nobel. Sep 24, 2024
Add new Web site: Indian Academy of Sciences - Alfred Bernhard Nobel. Aug 12, 2024
Add new Web site: PBS - News - The story behind Alfred Nobel’s spirit of discovery. Jun 22, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 29, 2024
Add new Web site: International Committee of the Red Cross - Alfred Bernhard Nobel and the Peace Prize. Mar 29, 2024
Anniversary information added. Dec 06, 2023
Add new Web site: Vanderbilt University - Alfred Nobel. Mar 04, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Alfred Nobel and His Prizes: From Dynamite to DNA. Sep 10, 2022
Add new Web site: Investopedia - Alfred Nobel. Apr 23, 2022
Changed “four years” to “time.” Changed “his return to St. Petersburg” to “his return to St. Petersburg in 1852.” Feb 18, 2021
Corrected display issue. Dec 30, 2020
Top Questions updated. Mar 08, 2019
Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Biography of Alfred Nobel. Feb 18, 2019
Add new Web site: Facts about Famous People - Alfred Nobel Facts and Biography. Feb 18, 2019
Deleted photograph. Dec 13, 2017
Changed article title from Alfred Bernhard Nobel to Alfred Nobel. Nov 04, 2016
Media added. May 17, 2016
In the discussion of nitroglycerin, changed "volatile" to "unstable." Mar 19, 2012
Added photograph. Feb 17, 2010
Added new Web site: The Nobel Prize - The man behind the prize – Alfred Nobel. Jan 11, 2008
Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Alfred Nobel.
  • Gaurav Shukla
 Apr 26, 2007
Added new Web site: Science History Institute - Alfred Nobel. Oct 19, 2006
Article revised and updated. Sep 07, 2006
Article revised. Jan 12, 2000
Article added to new online database. May 10, 1999
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