Alfred nobel (1833-1896 ) invented the dynamite. Sweedish son of an inventor. In 1842, Nobel's family moved to Russia where he gained a scientific education. He finally settled in sweeden in 1859, after living in paris and Russia. Nobel invented dynamite in a highly dangerous process that severely maimed him , killed his brother and in one of his explosions, took five lives. He died extremely rich and bestowed money to create the annual Nobel prizes.