# Aage Bohr

_Danish physicist (1922–2009)_

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> Aage Niels Bohr (Danish: [ˈɔːwə ˈne̝ls ˈpoɐ̯ˀ] ; 19 June 1922 – 8 September 2009) was a Danish nuclear physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975 with Ben Roy Mottelson and James Rainwater "for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection". His father was Niels Bohr.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 19 June 1922 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103854#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Copenhagen ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103854#P19))
- **Died:** 8 September 2009 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103854#P570))
- **Place of death:** Copenhagen ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103854#P20))
- **Citizenship:** Kingdom of Denmark ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103854#P27))
- **Occupation:** physicist; pedagogue; nuclear physicist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103854#P106))
- **Education:** University of Copenhagen; Columbia University ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103854#P69))
- **Spouse:** Marietta Soffer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103854#P26))
- **Positions held:** full professor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103854#P39))
- **Awards:** Atoms for Peace Award; Nobel Prize in Physics; John Price Wetherill Medal; Rutherford Medal and Prize; Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics; honorary doctor of the Peking University; H. C. Ørsted Gold Medal; Ole Rømer Medal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103854#P166))

## About

Starting from Rainwater's concept of an irregular-shaped liquid drop model of the nucleus, Bohr and Mottelson developed a detailed theory that was in close agreement with experiments.

Since his father, Niels Bohr, had won the prize in 1922, he and his father are one of the several pairs of fathers and sons who have both won the Nobel Prize.

## Questions

**When was Aage Bohr born?**  
Aage Bohr was born on 19 June 1922 in Copenhagen.

**What positions has Aage Bohr held?**  
Positions held by Aage Bohr include: full professor.

**Where did Aage Bohr study?**  
Aage Bohr was educated at University of Copenhagen, Columbia University.

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