Niels Henrik David Bohr
Born: October 7, 1885 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: November 18, 1962 in Copenhagen, Denmark
"Things
are going rather well, for I believe
I have found out a few things; but, to be sure, I have not been so
quick to work them out as I was stupid to think. I hope to have a
little paper ready and to show it to Rutherford before I leave, and I
therefore am so busy, so busy."
from a letter to his brother Harald,
July 13, 1912
Bohr
completed his paper on the structure of atoms the
following year. For this achievement, Bohr won the Nobel Prize in
1922.
 Bohr's coat-of-arms is proudly displayed at Frederiksborg Castle among the most honored of Danish citizens.  University of Copenhagen |