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Niels Bohr

Danish physicist1885 to 1962

Wikidata names Christian Christiansen and Joseph John Thomson as doctoral advisors and lists 3 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 8 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

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Christian Christiansen
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Joseph John Thomson

Students on Wikidata3

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stated by Wikidata
Robert Bruce Lindsay
born 1900
stated by Wikidata
Aage Bohr
born 1922
stated by Wikidata
Svein Rosseland

Teachers and mentors4

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Christian Christiansen
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ernest Rutherford
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Isaac Ramos
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Joseph John Thomson

Taught6

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Hans Kramers
born 1894
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Oskar Klein
born 1894
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Lennart Simons
born 1905
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Lev Landau
born 1908
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
John Archibald Wheeler
born 1911
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Aage Bohr
born 1922

The line above and below4 steps

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.

1 step up
stated by WikidataChristian Christiansenstated by WikidataJoseph John Thomson
2 steps up
stated by WikidataCarl Holtenstated by WikidataJohn William Strutt
3 steps up
stated by WikidataEdward Routhstated by WikidataHans Christian Ørstedstated by WikidataJames Clerk Maxwellstated by WikidataSir George Stokes, 1st Baronet
4 steps up
stated by WikidataAugustus De Morganstated by WikidataIsaac Todhunterstated by WikidataJacob Badenstated by WikidataJohann Wilhelm Ritterstated by WikidataWilliam Hopkins

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 9 people: 9 stated by Wikidata.

Theses

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Studier over Metallernes Elektrontheori
doctoral thesis, stated by Wikidata

Education and career7

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.

1903 to 1911
University of Copenhagen
studied
1911 to 1912
University of Cambridge
worked
from 1914
Victoria University of Manchester
worked
undated
Trinity College
studied
undated
University of Cambridge
studied
undated
University of Copenhagen
worked
undated
University of Copenhagen Niels Bohr Institute
worked

At a glance

known as: university teacher, nuclear physicist, philosopher of science, association football player, chemist, physicist
fields: atomic physics, theoretical physics
awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, 1922, Franklin Medal, 1926, Order of the Elephant, 1947, Atoms for Peace Award, 1957, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, 1954, Niels Bohr International Gold Medal, 1955, Copley Medal, 1938, Faraday Lectureship Prize, 1930, Max Planck Medal, 1930, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon, 1951, Hughes Medal, 1921, Helmholtz Medal, 1961, Matteucci Medal, 1923, Honorary doctor of the University of Zagreb, honorary doctorate of Technion, honorary doctor of the Technical University of Denmark, 1929, Guthrie Lecture, 1922, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, 1926, Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav‎, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Silliman Memorial Lectures, 1923, honorary doctor of the University of Warsaw, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, from 1946, doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris, 1945, Sonning Prize, 1961, Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, 1920, Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog, 1931, commander of the Order of the Dannebrog, 1937, Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Dannebrog, 1946, Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog, 1955
member of: Royal Society of London, from 1926, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, German Academy of Sciences at Berlin, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, from 1932, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, from 1939, Russian Academy of Sciences, from 1929, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, National Academy of Sciences, from 1925, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, from 1945, Russian Academy of Sciences, from 1924, Indian National Science Academy, American Philosophical Society, from 1940, Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Polish Academy of Sciences, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, from 1922, Japan Academy, from 1950, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, from 1924
notable works: Bohr model, correspondence principle
Wikipedia: in 186 languages

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identity

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stated by WikidataIdRef028659929
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papers

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lineage

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@misc{academicancestry_Q7085,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Niels Bohr: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q7085},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Niels Bohr: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q7085