Adding to this the origin was likely and unofficially attributed to a virtue signalling of the name-sake due to an accident of mistaken identity. [1] Allegedl

Adding to this the origin was likely and unofficially attributed to a virtue signalling of the name-sake due to an accident of mistaken identity. [1] Allegedly when Alfred Nobel's brother died a reporter had mistaken Alfred's brother for Alfred and referred to him as the merchant of death in the obituary who had grown rich by developing new ways to “mutilate and kill”. Alfred responded by contributing some of his fortune to developing the peace prize. [1] - https://www.history.com/news/did-a-premature-obituary-inspire-the-nobel-prize https://www.history.com/news/did-a-premature-obituary-inspir...