Ascanio Sobrero
1812–88
Italian chemist. Studied chemistry in Turin, Paris, and Giessen. Shared a laboratory with Alfred Nobel in Paris. Discovered nitroglycerin (called "pyroglycerine" by Sobrero) in 1846, but condemned the substance as too dangerous for use.
Sources
Fant 2006, pp. 96–8
Guereshi 1913.
Bibliography
Fant, Kenne. 2006. Alfred Nobel: a biography. New York: Arcade.
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