The Bohr family is a Danish family of scientists, scholars and

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smen. The most famous members are

Niels Bohr Niels Henrik David Bohr (, ; ; 7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962) was a Danish theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and old quantum theory, quantum theory, for which he received the No ...

, physicist and winner of the

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in 1922, Aage Bohr, son of Niels, also a physicist and in 1975 also received the Nobel Prize and

Harald Bohr Harald August Bohr (22 April 1887 – 22 January 1951) was a Danish mathematician and footballer. After receiving his doctorate in 1910, Bohr became an eminent mathematician, founding the field of almost periodic functions. His brother was the ...

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and brother of Niels. Christian Bohr, a physiologist and professor of

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, was born to Henrik Georg Christian Bohr. Christian Bohr married Ellen Adler Bohr, the daughter of David Baruch Adler. They had 3 children: *

, a

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and winner of

in 1922. Niels married Margrethe Nørlund Bohr, an editor and transcriber, and sister to

Niels Erik Nørlund Niels Erik Nørlund (26 October 1885, in Slagelse – 4 July 1981, in Copenhagen) was a Denmark, Danish mathematician. His book ''Vorlesungen über Differenzenrechnung'' (1924, reprinted 1954) was the first book on complex analysis, complex ...

, a mathematician. Niels had 6 children, all sons. The oldest, Christian Bohr, died in a boating accident in 1934, and another, Harald, was severely mentally disabled, died at the age of about 10/11. Remaining four sons were: ** Aage Bohr became a physicist like his father and was awarded

in 1975. *** Vilhem Bohr, Aage's son, is a physiologist affiliated to University of Copenhagen and the National Institute on Aging of the USA. **** Eliot Bohr, a PhD fellow at

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, is an experimental physicist working in the field of

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. *** Tomas Bohr is also a physicist and professor of Biophysics at the

Technical University of Denmark The Technical University of Denmark (), often simply referred to as DTU, is a polytechnic university and school of engineering. It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark's first polytechnic, and it is today ran ...

. ** Hans Bohr, a physician and professor. *** Henrik Bohr is a senior researcher at Technical University of Denmark. ** Erik Bohr, an engineer. **

Ernest Bohr Ernest David Bohr (7 March 1924 – 26 February 2018) was a Danish lawyer and field hockey player who played for Denmark in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Biography Bohr was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark on 7 March 1924, the son of footba ...

, a lawyer and field hockey player who participated in the 1948 Olympics in London. *

, a

and footballer. He played for Denmark at Olympics 1908, winning the silver medal. Herald married Ulla Bohr (''nee'' Borregaard). ** Ole Bohr (1922-2022). Ole married Jonna Bohr (''nee'' Siesby). ** Ellen Følner (''nee'' Bohr) * Jennifer "Jenny" Bohr

Involvement in Sports

Niels and Harald played as footballers, and the two brothers played a number of amateur matches for the Copenhagen-based

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, with Niels in goal and Harald in defence. There is, however, no truth in the oft-repeated claim that Niels emulated Harald by playing for the Denmark national team.

was a 1948 Olympic

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player.

References

External links

Niels Bohr Family Correspondence, 18XX-1962

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