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Niels Bohr's Birth
Niels Bohr was born October 7, 1885 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
He was to become a Nobel Prize winning physicist, a humanitarian
who's revolutionary theories made fundamental contributions to understanding the atomic structure. His father Christian Bohr, was a physiology academic. His father became a professor of physiology at the University of Copenhagen and was nominated Nobel Prize twice. He had two siblings Jennifer Bohr and Harald Bohr. Harald Bohr was a mathematician. -
Undergraduate Enrollment
In 1903 Niels Bohr enrolled as an undergraduate at Copenhagen University. where he received his master's and doctorate in physics by 1911. During the fall of the same year, Bohr traveled to Cambridge, England, where he was able to follow the Laboratory work of scientist J.J. Thomson. He also studied Astronomy and Mathematics. -
Bohr's Model of Atomic Structure
On the basis of Ernest Rutherford's (Father of Nuclear Physics) theories, Bohr published his model of Atomic Structure popularly known as the Bohr model. This depicts the atom as a small positively charged nucleolus, surrounded by negatively charged electrons that travel in circular orbits around the nucleus. Similar to our solar system in structure, with electromagnetic forces using attraction rather than gravity -
Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom, Electron Transitions, Atomic Energy Levels, Lyman & Balmer Series
Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom, Electron Transitions, Atomic Energy Levels, Lyman & Balmer Series
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Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1922 was awarded to Niels Bohr for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them. -
Safe Haven
With the rise of Adolf Hitler, Bohr was able to set up a place for Jewish physicist refugees to escape to during their prosecution at his institution in Copenhagen. Once Denmark fell into Nazi control Bohr escaped to The United States. -
Bohr's End
Bohr died of heart failure at his home in Carlsberg on 18 November 1962. He was cremated, and his ashes were buried in the family plot in the Assistens Cemetery in the Norrebro section of Copenhagen, along with those of his parents, his brother Harald, and his son Christian. On what would have been his 80th birthday, the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen was officially renamed the Niels Bohr Institute.
