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Who were Niels Bohrâs parents?
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Niels Bohr was born into an upper middle-class family in Copenhagen to the following parents:
- Mother: Ellen Bohr (née Adler), who was the daughter of a prominent Jewish banker.1
- Father: Christian Bohr, who served as a professor of physiology at the University of Copenhagen and was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize.1