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**__Neils Bohr__**



date of birth: October 7th 1885 date of death: November 18th 1962 country of origin: Copenhagen, Denmark

· Niels was born in Copenhagen on October 7, 1885 and his father, Christian Bohr, was a Professor at Copenhagen University. · He grew up in a very bright family which set the foundation for his successful future · Bohr entered Copenhagen University where he came under the guidance of Professor C. Christiansen and took his Master's degree in Physics in 1909 · In the spring of 1912 he was at work in Professor Rutherford’s laboratory in Manchester · By using Rutherford’s experiment and the new Quantum theory ideas Bohr constructed a diagram of the atom · Recognition of his work on the structure of atoms came with the award of the Nobel Prize for 1922.

· Bohr’s atomic model is remotely similar to what the model of an atom is known as today · Bohr, using his knowledge from his prestigious mentors such as Rutherford and JJ Thompson, put together a model of an atom · By using Rutherford’s ideas in his gold foil experiment and Planck’s Quantum Theory ideas was able to construct this model · He knew there was a nucleus in the middle with protons in the middle and electrons around the outside and began creating the model · Niels was awarded with the first decent model of the atom with the nobel peace prize in 1922