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| Born | Christian Harald Lauritz Peter Emil Bohr[1] (1855-02-14)14 February 1855[2] Copenhagen, Denmark[2] |
| Died | 3 February 1911(1911-02-03) (aged 55) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Resting place | Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen |
| Education | Medical degree,[2] Doctorate in physiology |
| Occupation | Professor at University of Copenhagen |
| Known for | Cooperative binding Dead space Diffusing capacity Bohr effect Bohr equation |
| Spouse | Ellen Bohr[2] (married 1881) |
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Christian Harald Lauritz Peter Emil Bohr (14 February 1855 - 3 February 1911) was aDanish physician, father of thephysicist andNobel laureateNiels Bohr, as well as the mathematician and football playerHarald Bohr and grandfather of anotherphysicist and Nobel laureateAage Bohr. He married Ellen Adler in 1881.
He wrote his first scientific paper, "Om salicylsyrens indflydelse på kødfordøjelsen" ("Onsalicylic acid's influence on the digestion of meat"), at the age of 22. He received his medical degree in 1880, studied underCarl Ludwig atUniversity of Leipzig, took aPh.D. inphysiology and was appointed professor of physiology at theUniversity of Copenhagen in 1886.[4]
Christian Bohr is buried in theAssistens Kirkegård.
In 1891, he was the first to characterizedead space.[5][6]
In 1904, Christian Bohr described the phenomenon, now called theBohr effect, wherebyhydrogen ions andcarbon dioxide heterotopically decreasehemoglobin's oxygen-binding affinity. This regulation increases the efficiency of oxygen release by hemoglobin in tissues, like active muscle tissue, where rapid metabolization has produced relatively high concentrations of hydrogen ions andcarbon dioxide.
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