<P> Nobel travelled for much of his business life , maintaining companies in various countries in Europe and North America and keeping a permanent home in Paris from 1873 to 1891 . He remained a solitary character , given to periods of depression . Though Nobel remained unmarried , his biographers note that he had at least three loves . Nobel 's first love was in Russia with a girl named Alexandra , who rejected his proposal . In 1876 Austro - Bohemian Countess Bertha Kinsky became Alfred Nobel 's secretary , but after only a brief stay she left him to marry her previous lover , Baron Arthur Gundaccar von Suttner . Though her personal contact with Alfred Nobel had been brief , she corresponded with him until his death in 1896 , and it is believed that she was a major influence in his decision to include a peace prize among those prizes provided in his will . Bertha von Suttner was awarded the 1905 Nobel Peace prize , ' for her sincere peace activities ' . </P>
<P> Nobel travelled for much of his business life , maintaining companies in various countries in Europe and North America and keeping a permanent home in Paris from 1873 to 1891 . He remained a solitary character , given to periods of depression . Though Nobel remained unmarried , his biographers note that he had at least three loves . Nobel 's first love was in Russia with a girl named Alexandra , who rejected his proposal . In 1876 Austro - Bohemian Countess Bertha Kinsky became Alfred Nobel 's secretary , but after only a brief stay she left him to marry her previous lover , Baron Arthur Gundaccar von Suttner . Though her personal contact with Alfred Nobel had been brief , she corresponded with him until his death in 1896 , and it is believed that she was a major influence in his decision to include a peace prize among those prizes provided in his will . Bertha von Suttner was awarded the 1905 Nobel Peace prize , ' for her sincere peace activities ' . </P>
who is the nobel peace prize named for
who is the nobel peace prize named for
Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel