# The Nobel Prize winners in literature Author: Marble, Annie Russell, 1864-1936 Genre: Literature -- History and criticism Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77238 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Nobel+Prize+winners+in+literature+Marble&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary _Nobilius_ was the ancestral name, by tradition, of that family whose representative, Alfred Nobel, has left a name synonymous with inventiveness and large benefactions to humanity. The grandfather, Imanuel, an army surgeon, is accredited with changing the family name to _Nobel_. His son, Emanuel, father of Alfred, taught science in Stockholm, as a young man. With inventive ability he experimented with explosives, submarine mines, and other destructive forces and, by paradox, became designer of surgical appliances and India-rubber cushions to relieve suffering. He was interested in ship construction and spent some time in Egypt. To his sons he transmitted his spirit of scientific research... ## Chapters - [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nobel-prize-winners-in-literature-77238/chapters/18/index.md) - [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nobel-prize-winners-in-literature-77238/chapters/13/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nobel-prize-winners-in-literature-77238/chapters/7/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nobel-prize-winners-in-literature-77238/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nobel-prize-winners-in-literature-77238/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nobel-prize-winners-in-literature-77238/chapters/1/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nobel-prize-winners-in-literature-77238/chapters/6/index.md) - [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nobel-prize-winners-in-literature-77238/chapters/11/index.md) - [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nobel-prize-winners-in-literature-77238/chapters/3/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nobel-prize-winners-in-literature-77238/chapters/15/index.md) - [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nobel-prize-winners-in-literature-77238/chapters/12/index.md) - [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nobel-prize-winners-in-literature-77238/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nobel-prize-winners-in-literature-77238/chapters/16/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nobel-prize-winners-in-literature-77238/chapters/4/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nobel-prize-winners-in-literature-77238/chapters/14/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nobel-prize-winners-in-literature-77238/chapters/17/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nobel-prize-winners-in-literature-77238/chapters/10/index.md) - [Volume V of the plays edited by Mr. Lewisohn.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-nobel-prize-winners-in-literature-77238/chapters/9/index.md)