Niels henrik david bohr biography for kids

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Early Life

Niels Henrik David Bohr was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1885.

He was the middle child of a University of Copenhagen physiology professor, but he knew that he wanted to be a physicist (scientist who studies physics) early on in his life.

He worked very hard in school as a child so that he could go to the same university as his father.

He knew that he would have to do very well to understand physics if he wanted to do his own research.

He followed in his father’s footsteps and became a University of Copenhagen student at age 18, and earned a PhD in physics 8 years later.

His research focus during this time was the electron theory, which states that all matter is comprised of molecules, which in turn consist of protons, neutrons and electrons.

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Scientific Discovery: The Atomic Model

After earning his doctoral degree, Bohr continued his research at the University o