| Authorised form of name | Bohr; Niels Henrik David (1885 - 1962) |
| Dates | 1885 - 1962 |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Date of birth | 07 October 1885 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Date of death | 18/11/1962 |
| Research field | Atomic physics |
| Epistemology |
| Activity | Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physics) 1922 |
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 29/04/1926 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Hughes Medal 1921; Copley Medal 1938 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1963 vol 9 pp 37-53, plate, by J D Cockcroft
References:
Allan R Mackintosh, 'The Crocodile and the Elephant: Rutherford, Bohr and Quantum Physics' in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 309-316, plate
Sir Rudolf Peierls, 'Recollections of James Chadwick' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 135-141
Michael Redhead, 'Unveiling the Atom', review of Abraham Pais, Niels Bohr's Times, in Physics, Philosophy and Polity in NR 1993 vol 47 pp 152-154
Sir Rudolf Peierls, 'Rutherford and Bohr' in NR 1988 vol 42 pp 229-241
G V R Born, FRS, 'The wide-ranging family history of Max Born' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 219-262 |
| Code | NA3135 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1926/02 | Bohr, Niels Henrik David: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| PB/8/10/4 | Correspondence with scientific colleagues, with recollections and information on Evan James Williams's work and personality. | 1945-1946 |
| PB/1/33/1/1 | Nobel Prize | 1948 |
| IM/000425 | Bohr, Niels Henrik David | 2001 |
| IM/Meitner Graf/000422 | Bohr, Niels Henrik David | nd |
| RR/17/379 | Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'Determination of the surface-tension of water by the method of jet vibration' by Niels Bohr | 26 January 1909 |
| NLB/39/652 | Copy letter from Joseph Larmor to Professor N [Niels Henrik David] Bohr, Copenhagen | 19 February 1909 |
| NLB/39/580 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor Larmor, Secretary of the Royal Society | 9 February 1909 |
| RR/18/13 | Referee's report by Charles Vernon Boys on a paper 'The determination of the tension of a recently formed watersurface' by Niels Henrik David Bohr | September 1910 |
| NLB/60/466 | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor Dr. Niels [Hendrik David] Bohr, FRS | 10 February 1921 |
| NLB/61/27 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent; to Professor Niels [Henrik David] Bohr, FRS; Universitets Institut for Teoretisk Fysik, Blegdamsvej 15, Copenhagen, Denmark | 29 April 1921 |
| NLB/57/320 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to unknown correspondent | [October 1919] |
| NLB/61/848 | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor Niels [Henrik David] Bohr, FRS | 3 November 1921 |
| NLB/61/847 | Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Deputy Master of the Mint | 3 November 1921 |
| NLB/69/720 | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Niels] Bohr, Foreign Memeber of the Royal Society | 8 September 1926 |
| PB/2/7/2/4 | First draft of letter of thanks from Blackett to Niels Bohr | 18 September 1930 |
| RR/17/378 | Letter from Horace Lamb, on a paper 'Determination of the surface-tension of water by the method of jet vibration' by Niels Bohr | 26 January 1909 |
| NLB/62/154 | Copy letter from David Prain, Treasurer and Vice President of the Royal Society; to Professor Niels [Henrik David] Bohr, FRS; Blegdamsvej 15, Copenhagen, Denmark | 12 December 1921 |
| IM/000423 | Bohr, Niels Henrik David | 1992 |
| NLB/57 | New Letter Book volume 57, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration | 27 June 1919-27 February 1920 |
| S/0032 | Sculpture bust of Bohr, Niels Henrik David | |
| RR/65/279 | Referee's rpeort by Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, on a paper 'Concerning the scattering of fast electrons and of cosmic-ray particles' by Evan James Williams | November 1938 |