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Harald Bohr

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Harald Bohr
Born
Harald August Bohr

(1887-04-22)22 April 1887[1]
Copenhagen, Denmark[1]
Died22 January 1951(1951-01-22) (aged 63)
Gentofte, Denmark
Resting placeAssistens Cemetery, Copenhagen
NationalityDanish
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen
OccupationMathematician
Parent(s)Christian and Ellen Bohr[1]
RelativesNiels Bohr (brother)
Association football career
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–1904 Akademisk Boldklub
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1904–1910 Akademisk Boldklub
National team
1908–1910 Denmark 4 (2)
Honours
Olympic medal record
Representing  Denmark
Men's football
Silver medal – second place 1908 London Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Harald August Bohr (22 April 1887 – 22 January 1951) was a Danish mathematician and footballer.

After receiving his doctorate in 1910, Bohr became a mathematician. He founded the field of almost periodic functions.

His brother was the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr.

Sports career

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He was a member of the Danish national football team for the 1908 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal at there.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Politiets Registerblade [Register cards of the Police] (in Danish). Copenhagen: Københavns Stadsarkiv. 7 June 1892. Station Dødeblade (indeholder afdøde i perioden). Filmrulle 0002. Registerblad 3341. ID 3308989.