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Aage Bohr

Danish physicist1922 to 2009

Wikidata names Niels Bohr as doctoral advisor and names Niels Bohr as teacher. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 5 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Niels Bohr

Teachers and mentors1

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a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Niels Bohr

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The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

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stated by WikidataNiels Bohr
2 steps up
stated by WikidataChristian Christiansenstated by WikidataJoseph John Thomson
3 steps up
stated by WikidataCarl Holtenstated by WikidataJohn William Strutt
4 steps up
stated by WikidataEdward Routhstated by WikidataHans Christian Ørstedstated by WikidataJames Clerk Maxwellstated by WikidataSir George Stokes, 1st Baronet

Education and career6

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1949 to 1950
Columbia University
studied
undated
University of Copenhagen
studied
undated
University of Copenhagen
worked
undated
Los Alamos National Laboratory
worked
undated
Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics
worked
undated
University of Copenhagen Niels Bohr Institute
worked

At a glance

known as: physicist, pedagogue, nuclear physicist
fields: nuclear physics
awards: Atoms for Peace Award, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1975, John Price Wetherill Medal, 1974, Rutherford Medal and Prize, 1972, Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, 1960, honorary doctor of the Peking University, 1985, H. C. Ørsted Gold Medal, 1970, Ole Rømer Medal, 1976
member of: German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, from 1978, National Academy of Sciences, from 1971, Polish Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, from 1965
notable works: Nuclear Structure
Wikipedia: in 81 languages

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stated by WikidataWikipediaAage Bohr
stated by WikidataWikidataQ103854
stated by WikidataVIAF49356657
stated by WikidataGND113163827
stated by WikidataIdRef055797946
stated by WikidataISNI0000000108992006

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@misc{academicancestry_Q103854,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Aage Bohr: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q103854},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Aage Bohr: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q103854