Alfred Nobel was born on October 21, 1833 in Stockholm , Sweden, in a family of engineers . He was a chemist , engineer and inventor . In 1894 Nobel purchased metallurgical concern Bofors , which he had made the largest arms manufacturer . During his life, Nobel amassed an impressive fortune. Most of the income he received from his 355 inventions , of which the most famous - Dynamite .In 1888, Alfred Nobel " buried alive" . In Russia, Ludwig Nobel 's brother died , and mistakenly placed newspaper reporters announcement of the death of Alfred Nobel himself , and not his brother. Reading in the French newspaper obituary own called " Merchant of Death is dead ," Nobel pondered how it will remember the humanity . After that, he decided to change his will . December 10, 1896 Alfred Nobel died in his villa in San Remo , Italy, from a brain hemorrhage .