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1 KAZAN STATE POWER ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY
Nobel and his family Student: Kuzmin Ilya Teacher: Aitouganova Jh. Il. Kazan

2 Target: to tell about the great man - Alfred Nobel and his family.
Tasks: 1) Family 2) Personal relationships 3) Last years

3 Immanuel Nobel and Andrietta Nobel
Family. Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and industrialist. He was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833 in the family of Immanuel Nobel and Andrietta Nobel. He was the third son, there were eight children in the family. Immanuel Nobel, a nugget scientist, was famous for making military mines that were used by Russian artillery during the Crimean War. For this invention, he was presented to the imperial reward. Andrietta Nobel was a housewife, brought up four sons: Alfred, Robert, Ludwig and Emil. Alfred Nobel Immanuel Nobel and Andrietta Nobel Alfred Nobel Family

4 The children of Immanuel Nobel studied at home
The children of Immanuel Nobel studied at home. They had governess who taught the brothers natural sciences, literature and European languages. By the end of their studies, the boys were fluent in Swedish, Russian, French, English and German. In 17 years, Alfred was sent on a trip to Europe and the United States. Young Alfred Nobel

5 Personal relationships.
Alfred Nobel lived a bachelor, he had no wife. He was a lonely man, often depressed. Nobel's first love was the Russian girl Alexander, who rejected him. Soon the engineer Sarah Bernard attracted the engineer’s attention, and Nobel even asked his mother for a blessing for marriage. But Andrietta did not approve the choice of the son. After the break with the actress, Alfred went to work and stopped searching for his life partner. In 1874, there was a change in the scientist’s personal life. In search of his secretary, Alfred met the Countess Berta Kinsky, who soon became the beloved scientist. After several years of ardent friendship, the girl left Alfred and left for the other groom in the capital of Austria. Although her personal contact with Nobel was brief, she corresponded with him until his death in 1896, and it is believed that she greatly influenced his decision to include the peace prize in the list of Nobel prizes. Bertha von Zutner was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905 for her work. Alfred Nobel and Sarah Berhard

6 Alfred Nobel in the last years of his life
Nobel's longest relationship was with Sophie Hess from Vienna, whom he met in They lasted 18 years. Alfred Nobel in the last years of his life

7 Last years On December 10, 1896, Alfred Nobel died in a villa of brain hemorrhage. He was 63 years old. He was buried in the cemetery Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm. Unbeknownst to his family, friends, or colleagues, he left most of his wealth in trust to fund the awards that would become known as the Nobel Prizes. Alfred Nobel's grave

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