Nobel Prizes were first awarded in 1910. However, they were created years earlier by a man named Alfred Nobel. Alfred Noble was born on October 21, 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden. To improve the family's financial situation, Alfred's father, Immanuel Nobel, moved the family business to St. Petersburg, Russia. In Russia, the business prospered, and Alfred's father was able to give his children the best education of that time. Alfred spoke 6 languages ​​fluently and was skilled in writing. However, his father forced him to give up writing to become a chemist so he could work in the family business. During his studies, Nobel traveled throughout Europe and the United States working in numerous chemical laboratories, studying with expert chemists. When Nobel returned, the company had been left to his brother Ludvig and the company was moving back to Stockholm. This is because the company produced Russian weapons during the Crimson War, but when a new leader came to power, he cut military spending. When the business moved to Stockholm, Alfred became interested in nitroglycerin, a dangerous explosive. It was so dangerous that one of his factories exploded, killing his younger brother. However, this did not discourage Alfred Nobel. He continued to work with nitroglycerin and mixed it with different chemicals until it became stable. Nobel discovered that immersing the absorbent material in glycerin made the explosion much more stable. He called his new invention “Nobel Safety Explosive Powder”. However, his invention is known today as dynamite from the Greek word meaning power. Dynamite is three parts nitroglycerin; or diatomaceous earth (which is ground up diatoms) or natural materials such as powdered shells, clay, sawdust, or wood pulp (most of the dynamite used today... middle of paper... will change. Because of Ragnar Sohlman and Rudolf Lilljequist (the men left behind by Nobel to carry out his will) could not begin to organize themselves until 1897. They formed the Nobel foundation to manage Nobel's fortune and organize the prizes. So the first prize was awarded to a group of people credible under the name of Nobel Prize. Subsequently, there was also a prize for economic sciences. Since 1897, 561 prizes have been awarded to 876 winners. Some famous examples of Nobel Prize winners are: Albert Einstein, in physics; the first person to win two Nobel Prizes in different categories, chemistry and physics, in physiology or medicine, who won more Nobel Prizes than any person; he was the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize and Mother Teresa; Nobel Peace Prize.