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Niels Bohr

1885 - 1962

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Niels Henrik David Bohr (7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962) was a Danish theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr was also a philosopher and a promoter of scientific research. Bohr developed the Bohr model of the atom, in which he proposed that energy levels of electrons are discrete and that the electrons revolve in stable orbits around the atomic nucleus but can jump from one energy level (or orbit) to another. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Niels Bohr has received more than 7,620,825 page views. His biography is available in 140 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 130 in 2019). Niels Bohr is the 12th most popular physicist (up from 15th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Denmark and the 2nd most popular Danish Physicist.

Niels Bohr is most famous for the Bohr model of the atom, which he created in 1913. The Bohr model of the atom is a model of the atom that was first proposed by Niels Bohr. It is also known as the Rutherford-Bohr model. The Bohr model of the atom is a model of the atom that was first proposed by Niels Bohr. It is also known as the Rutherford-Bohr model.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Niels Bohr ranks 12 out of 851. Before him are Michael Faraday, Max Planck, Alessandro Volta, Hans Christian Ørsted, Pierre Curie, and Ernest Rutherford. After him are James Prescott Joule, Robert Hooke, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Werner Heisenberg, Evangelista Torricelli, and Henri Becquerel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Niels Bohr ranks 1. After him are Karen Blixen, François Mauriac, György Lukács, Alban Berg, Albert Kesselring, George S. Patton, Umberto Nobile, Ezra Pound, Hermann Hoth, Karen Horney, and Julius Streicher. Among people deceased in 1962, Niels Bohr ranks 4. Before him are Marilyn Monroe, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Hermann Hesse. After him are Adolf Eichmann, William Faulkner, Karen Blixen, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Lucky Luciano, Georges Bataille, Yves Klein, and Gaston Bachelard.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Niels Bohr ranks 4 out of 1,032. Before him are Hans Christian Andersen (1805), Margrethe II of Denmark (1940), and Hans Christian Ørsted (1777). After him are Søren Kierkegaard (1813), Haakon VII of Norway (1872), Ivar the Boneless (900), Cnut the Great (995), Asta Nielsen (1881), Frederick IX of Denmark (1899), Björn Ironside (800), and Karen Blixen (1885).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Denmark

Among physicists born in Denmark, Niels Bohr ranks 2. Before him are Hans Christian Ørsted (1777). After him are Aage Bohr (1922), Ludvig Lorenz (1829), Ole Worm (1588), Martin Knudsen (1871), Henrik Svensmark (1958), and Lene Hau (1959).

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