Aage Niels Bohr Bohr in 1955 Born (1922-06-19)19 June 1922 Copenhagen, Denmark Died 9 September 2009(2009-09-09) (aged 87) Copenhagen, Denmark Nationality Danish Fields Nuclear physics Institutions Manhattan Project Institute for Advanced Study Columbia University University of Copenhagen Alma mater University of Copenhagen Thesis Rotational States of Atomic Nuclei (1954) Known for Geometry of atomic nuclei Notable awards Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (1960) Atoms for Peace Award (1969) H.C. Ørsted Medal (1970) Rutherford Medal and Prize (1972) John Price Wetherill Medal (1974) Nobel Prize in Physics (1975)