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category: "Scientists & Researchers"
tags:
  - Person
  - Nuclear
  - Physicist
  - Israel
summary: "Niels Bohr was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922."
born: 1885-10-07
died: 1962-11-18
location: "Copenhagen, Denmark"
---

Niels Bohr was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. He was considered a quantum researcher in the same class as [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] and [[Amos Deshalit]].[^1]

### Footnotes

[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 2.