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Education
Graduated from University of Copenhagen in January of 1911. Travels to England in September 1911. -
Met New Zealand Born, Ernst Rutherford
Traveled to England supported by the Carlsberg Foundation in Sept. 1911. This is where most of the Theorectical Physics work was being done, at the Cavendish Laboratory and Trinity College, Cambridge. There he met Ernst Rutherford, who's 1911 Model of the Atom (Rutherford Model) just challenged J. J. Thomson's model that was the field's norm being used at the time. -
Rutherford Invites Bohr to Manchester
While in England in September of 1911, Ernst Rutherford invites Bohr to complete his post-doctorial work at Victoria University in Manchester England. The two become good friends and colleagues in the physics field. They start working on the Rutherford Model of the Hydrogen Atom. -
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Neils Bohr from Graduation to Nobel Peace Prize
Neils Bohr before his graduation had a brilliant mind. But what he unlocked in the field of Physics after graduation was even more impressive to include the Nobel Peace Prize. And he didn't stop there. -
Bohr Model
In July 1913, Rutherford and Bohr present the new Rutherford-Bohr Model (also known as Bohr Model or Bohr Diagram). He combined Rutherford's nuclear structure to Max Planck's quantum theory to create the Bohr Model and presented this in 1913 to the Atomic Physicists. -
Starts to create the Institute of Theoretical Physics
April 1917 Bohr starts the campaigning process for the Institute of Theoretical Physics, also known as The Neils Bohr Institute. Legislation was passed in November of 1918 and funding started to come in to support the Institute, it opens its doors in March of 1921 with Neils Bohr as the Director. -
Neils Bohr Wins The Nobel Peace Prize
Neils Bohr wins the Nobel Peace Prize in Physics.
