Emil Oskar Nobel

Alfred Nobel's Brother
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAlfred Nobel's Brother
A.K.A.Emil Nobel
A.K.A.Emil Nobel
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1843
Death1 January 1864 (aged 21 years)
Family
Father:Immanuel Nobel
Siblings:Alfred Nobel Robert Nobel Ludvig Nobel
The details

Biography

Emil Oskar Nobel (/nˈbɛl/; Swedish: [nʊˈbɛl]; also Oscar; 1843 – 3 September 1864) was a member of the Nobel family, the youngest son of Immanuel Nobel, the younger, and of his wife Caroline Andrietta Ahlsell. He was brother of Robert Nobel, Ludvig Nobel and Alfred Nobel. Emil died on September 3, 1864, the victim of an explosion while experimenting with nitroglycerine in his father's factory in Heleneborg, Stockholm. His brother Alfred later managed to stabilize dynamite with diatomaceous earth. Alfred was not in the factory at the time of Emil's death.

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