I) Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist who lived between the years of 1833 to 18II) He likes to speak Russian in his free time so he learned it. Ill) He was the son of an explosive manufacturer and helped his father at his job. IV) He is also well known as the developer of dynamite which was a far safer explosive than others used in those days. V) His misgivings about his work led him to create a fund that would raise money for an annual prize known as the Nobel Prize.