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Harald Bohr
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Danish mathematician and footballer (1887–1951)
Key facts
- Born
- Harald August Bohr , ( 1887-04-22 ) 22 April 1887 , Copenhagen , Denmark
- Died
- 22 January 1951 (1951-01-22) (aged 63), Gentofte , Denmark
- Resting place
- Assistens Cemetery , Copenhagen
- Alma mater
- University of Copenhagen
- Occupation
- Mathematician
- Parent s
- Christian and Ellen Bohr
- Relatives
- Niels Bohr (brother)
- Position
- Association football career Position Defender
- 0000 1904
- Akademisk Boldklub
- Years
- Team
- 1904 1910
- Akademisk Boldklub
- 1908 1910
- Denmark
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- August
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Copenhagen
- Place of death
- Hellerup
- Father
- Christian Bohr
- Sibling
- Niels Bohr
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Copenhagen
- Employer
- Technical University of Denmark
- Languages spoken
- Danish
- Notable work
- almost periodic function
- Participant in
- 1908 Summer Olympics
- Doctoral advisor
- Edmund Landau
- Field of work
- mathematical analysis
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Denmark men's national football team
- Position played
- midfielder
- Country for sport
- Denmark
- Image
- Bohr Brouwer Zurich1932.tif
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- place of burial
- Assistens Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1887-04-22
- date of death
- 1951-01-22
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- Commons category
- Harald Bohr (mathematician)
- birth name
- Harald Augustus Bohr
- archives at
- University of Copenhagen
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- name in native language
- Harald August Bohr
- P12749
- Montaione
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Harald August Bohr (22 April 1887 – 22 January 1951) was a Danish mathematician and footballer. After receiving his doctorate in 1910, Bohr became an eminent mathematician, founding the field of almost periodic functions. His brother was the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr. He was on the Denmark national team for the 1908 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal.
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