William Henry Bragg
July 2, 1862 –March 12, 1942
Physicist, Chemist, Lacrosse player, University teacher, Mathematician, Crystallographer
Lived 79 years
- Born in
- Westward
- Passed away in
- London
Sir William Henry Bragg (2 July 1862 – 12 March 1942) was a British X-ray crystallographer who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his son Lawrence Bragg – the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays," an important step in the development of X-ray crystallography.
Notable works: X-ray diffraction Awards: Fellow of the Royal Society, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Copley Medal, Nobel Prize in Physics, Faraday Medal, Rumford Medal, Matteucci Medal, John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science, Franklin Medal, Royal Society Bakerian Medal Education: Trinity College, Old Grammar School, King William's College
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