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Neils Henrik David Bohr was a Danish Physicist that was born on October 7, 1885 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He traveled many places, and did many things with his life. His family was especially talented. His father, Christian, was professor of physiology at the University of Copenhagen. His mother, Ellen, came from a wealthy Jewish family skilled in banking. His younger brother, Harald, became a great mathematician. As a child, Bohr’s abilities and interests in science were very noticeable. When he had grown up, he went to the University of Copenhagen, where his father taught. In 1911, he received his doctorate. Bohr then went to England, continuing work with J.J. Thompson in Cambridge. Thompson never showed interest in Bohr’s ideas of electrons in metals. However he did have past experience on the subject. Bohr then moved to Manche