Nobel Prize

The Nobel prize is the world's most prestigious and important prize. It has been given since 1901. The prize is given to persons with outstanding contributions to physics, chemistry, literature, medicine, peace and economics. Economics was added to the list in 1969 for the first time. The Nobel prize was institute by a man who was the inventor of dynamite. This scientist was Alfred Bernard Nobel. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden on October 21, 1833 and died in 1896. Though he was a citizen of Sweden, he was educated in Russia. He earned a huge sum of money by selling dynamite. At the time of his death in 1896, Nobel left behind a huge amount of money. He also left a will indecating that the interest on his money should be given as prizes to persons for their outstanding contributions to physics, chemistry, literature, medicine and peace. This prize was name as Nobel prize. The first Nobel prize was given to Roentgen on 10th December, 1901 for inventing X-ray.