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Niels Bohr's Birth
Niels Bohr was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on October 7th, 1885 to Christian and Ellen Bohr. He had an older sister named Jenny, and a younger brother named Harald. His father was a professor in the University of Copenhagen and, as a result, Niels was exposed to intellectual discussions from a very early age. -
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Development of the Bohr Model
Bohr traveled to Cambridge to work with J J Thompson, discoverer of the electron, but found that his time spent with him did not go well and was unproductive. However, upon meeting Rutherford and being impressed with his work and personality, Bohr traveled to Manchester to work along side him. Rutherford had recently discovered his model of the atom and through cooperation, Bohr presented his own atomic model in 1913, later earning him a Nobel Prize.
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Introduction to Einstein
Bohr met Einstein when he was invited to Berlin and the two became fast friends. They wrote letters to each other often and spoke often of scientific philosophy. They had deep respect for each other and even were awarded their Nobel Prizes together. Later in life, during the development of modern day Quantum Theory, Bohr would debate and counter Einstein's attacks against certain aspects of the theory, which are noted as being an important part of its progress through the 20th century. -
Death
Bohr died of heart failure in his home in Copenhagen. In his later years, after World War 2, he was influential in advocating for Nuclear Energy and supporting the creation of the research organization CERN. The University of Copenhagen renamed its Institute for Theoretical Physics to the Niels Bohr Institute. Bohr, Niels, and L. Rosenfeld. On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules: Papers of 1913 Reprinted from the Philosophical Magazine. 1963. Print.