What is Ascanio Sobrero?
[[Image:Ascanio Sobrero.jpg|thumb|200px| Ascanio Sobrero]] '''Ascanio Sobrero''' (12 October 1812 - 26 December 1888) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[chemist]], who discovered [[nitroglycerin]] in 1847.<ref name=nobel>{{Cite web |url= http://nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/biographical/articles/life-work/sobrero.html |title=Ascani Sobrero |work=nobelprize.org |access-date=17 November 2010 }}</ref> He was born in Casale, Monferrato and worked in [[Paris]]. He was made a professor of chemistry at Turino. His face was badly hurt during an experiment with nitroglycerin. He thought it was too dangerous to be of any practical use. He said that he was ashamed to have discovered something that killed people.<ref name=nobel/> He died in [[Turin]], Italy. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sobrero, Ascanio}} [[Category:1812 births]] [[Category:1888 deaths]] [[Category:Italian scientists]]