I totally agree, Joe. No room in a tweet. I can add to FB. He read a prematurely published obit for himself that called him "the merchant of death"!
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On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 9:28 AM, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
Is it worth mentioning that Nobel had a huge epiphany about this (since he spent a lot of his life developing explosives and such)? One of the cool things about the prize is that he founded it as a better way to be remembered after his death.
LGTM either way though!
Joe
On 27 November 2015 at 17:17, Jeff Elder jelder@wikimedia.org wrote:
Twitter: On this day in 1895, Alfred Nobel instructed that his fortune be given as prizes to those who benefit the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize#Nobel_Foundation
Facebook: On this day in 1895, Alfred Nobel signed a will instructing that his fortune be used to create a series of prizes for those who confer the "greatest benefit on mankind." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize#Nobel_Foundation
Facebook: Jack Delano, a photographer for the U.S. government's Farm Security Administration, shot this famous public domain photo of Chicago's Union Station in 1943. Other photographers working for the FSA include Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Gordon Parks. See more on this public domain photo: http://buff.ly/1Ngh6mO See more on Jack Delano: http://buff.ly/1jnSFHV (see attached)
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