In his handwritten will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that “no consideration ... To this enormously wealthy bachelor, late in life, came the idea of awarding young men of genius the money to carry ...

Alfred Nobel was born on October 21 ... This success made him wealthy, with nearly 100 factories producing munitions. A pivotal moment occurred in 1888 when a French newspaper mistakenly published ...

Thus Roosevelt’s success was pushed to Page 3. The Nobel Prize was created by wealthy Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who in his will dictated that his estate should be used to fund “prizes to ...