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Niels Bohr was born on Oct 7th, 1885 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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In 1903, Bohr attended University of Copenhagen.
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Neils Bohr won a prize from the Academy of Sciences in Copenhagen for his work on solving the scientific problem of surface tension.
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In 1909, Niels earned his Masters of Science in Physics from the University of Copenhagen
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In 1911, Niels Bohr earned his Ph. D. from the University of Copenhagen. He wrote a thesis on the electron theory of metals.
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1911 Was also the year that Physicist Neils Bohr traveled to Cambridge, England in order to work with J.J. Thomson at the Cavendish Laboratory.
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In 1913 Bohr returned to Copenhagen and after 3 in 1916 years was named Professor of Theoretical Physics at Copenhagen.
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1913 was also the year that Neils Bohr began to propose his theory of the hydrogen atom. This involved the theory that electrons revolve around the nucleus of the hydrogen atom in certain orbits and that certain amounts of electrons travel in certain orbits of an atom. https://youtu.be/GhAn8xZQ-d8
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From 1920 to 1962 Neils Bohr was appointed the Head of the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Copenhagen University.
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1922, Neils Bohr was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the theory based on the hydrogen atom, that energy is transferred only in certain well defined quantities.
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Due to the unfortunate events of Nazi Germany and World War II, Bohr and his family left Denmark and fled to Sweden.
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Bohr became the President of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences, of the Danish Cancer Committee and Chairman of the Danish Atomic Energy Commission.
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Bohr spent the last two years of the war in England and America, where he became associated with the Manhattan project, which afterwards turned to the Atomic Energy Project.
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The Order of the Elephant, (Danish:Elefantordenen) is Danish order of Chivalry and is the highest honor.
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Bohr addressed the United Nations on the topic of an "open world," mostly to share fast and easily both scientific and technical information.
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Organized the first Atoms for Peace Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
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In Nov 18th, 1962, Niels Bohr passed away at the age of 77.
