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Copenhagen was the lifelong home of Søren Kierkegaard. Born here in 1813, he studied for many years at the university and in 1841 defended his Magister dissertation on irony as practised by Socrates. He rarely travelled, mostly to Berlin, where he heard Schelling lecture, and he collapsed in the street and died in hospital in November 1855. A century later the physicist Niels Bohr, born in Copenhagen in 1885 and professor at its university from 1916, headed the Institute for Theoretical Physics from 1920 until his death in the city in 1962.
When
- 1813–1855 Kierkegaard's Copenhagen His lifetime.
- 1916–1962 Bohr's Copenhagen Professor from 1916; institute director from 1920.
Schools and institutions
- University of Copenhagen Kierkegaard studied here; Bohr became professor of theoretical physics in 1916.
- 1920 Institute for Theoretical Physics Headed by Bohr from 1920 until his death in 1962.
Thinkers
- Søren Kierkegaard 1813 – 1855born here, 1813 (Born in Copenhagen on 5 May 1813; Magister dissertation 1841; died 11 November 1855.)
- Niels Bohr 1885 – 1962taught here, 1916–1962 (Born in Copenhagen in 1885; professor from 1916; head of the Institute from 1920; died in Copenhagen in 1962.)
Sources: SEP: Søren Kierkegaard · Nobel Prize: Niels Bohr, biographical