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Niels Henrick David Bohr was born on OCT 7 1885 in Copenhagen, Denmark to Christian Bohr and Ellen Adler Bohr. His father was a physiology professor and he was the 2nd child of 3. -
At age 7 he began his formal schooling at the Gammelholm Latin School. -
In 1903 he attended the University of Copenhagen to study Chemistry, Mathematics, astronomy but his major is Physics under the Professor Christian Christianson. At the time his is 17 years old -
Niels Bohr wins a gold medal for a competition on the surface tension of Gold after working tirelessly for 7 months.
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In 1907 Niel Bohr received his Bachelors in Physics, his masters in 1909 and in 1911 he received his PHD in physics all from University of Copenhagen, -
Following his completion of his PHD he worked under James Cavendish laboratory, who did not agree with his research but then met James Rutherford and began his post doctoral studies in molecular and atomic structures. -
Basing his theory after Rutherford he makes his first claim of atomic model that a atom is made of tiny, very densely positively charged nucleus surrounded by cloud of electrons. -
Niel married a daughter of a mathematician Margreat Norlond on August 1, 1912
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In 1913 he published a paper on the old theory of quantum mechanics and theory. This set the old standard of quantum theory. -
Between 1914 and 1916 he was lecturer and a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Copenhagen which he taught at for 46 years.
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He was awarded the Nobel prize in physics for his work on atomic structures. -
Following his departure of Denmark due to Nazi occupation, he moved to Los Almos to help on the Manhattan project. -
In 1962 he suffered a stroke and passed away at his home of Denmark at the age of 62
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