Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish (invent), was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833, but moved to Russia with his parents in 1842, where his father, Immanuel, (make) a strong position for himself in the engineering industry. Immanuel Nobel invented landmine and made a lot of money from the government during the Crimean War, went bankrupt(破产) soon after. Then, the family returned to Sweden in 1859, when Alfred began his own study of explosives(炸药) in his lab. He had never been to university but he taught , and by the time he was twenty, he (become) a skillful chemist and excellent linguist, (speak) Swedish, Russian, German, French and English. He built up over 80 companies in 20 different countries. He spent much time and money working on how to end the wars, until his death in Italy in 1896. His famous will, in he left money to provide prizes outstanding(杰出的) work in physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature and peace, is a memorial to his interests and ideas. And so, the man is remembered and respected long after his (dead).
