Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr
Bohr in 1922
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a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.
Born
Niels Henrik David Bohr 7 October 1885 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died
18 November 1962 (aged 77) Copenhagen, Denmark
Fields
Theoretical physics
Alma mater
University of Copenhagen
Awards
Nobel Prize in Physics (1922) more accolades Hughes Medal (1921) Matteucci Medal (1923) Franklin Medal (1926) Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1926) Max Planck Medal (1930) Faraday Lectureship Prize (1930)
Institutions
Trinity College, Cambridge University of Copenhagen Victoria University of Manchester
Spouse(s)
Margrethe Nørlund ( m. 1912)
adultbasic
Denmark
Children
6; including Aage and Ernest
Doctoral advisor
Christian Christiansen
Doctoral students
Hendrik Kramers I. H. Usmani
era
1800+
Influenced
Werner Heisenberg Wolfgang Pauli Paul Dirac Lise Meitner Max Delbrück Karen Barad
Influences
Ernest Rutherford Harald Høffding
Other academic advisors
J. J. Thomson Ernest Rutherford
Other notable students
Lev Landau
Resting place
Assistens Cemetery
Thesis
Studies on the Electron Theory of Metals (1911)