William Henry Bragg - Nobel Prize in Physics — 1915
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William Henry Bragg

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics — 1915
for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays
Citizenship
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Languages
English
date of birth
7/2/1862
place of birth
Wigton, Westward
date of death
3/12/1942
place of death
London
Lived
79 years
educated at
  • Trinity College
    • end time: 1885
    • start time: 1881
  • King William's College
    • start time: 1875
  • Old Grammar School
position held
  • President of the Royal Society
    • start time: 1935
    • end time: 1940
member of
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1939
  • American Philosophical Society
    • start time: 1940
  • Academy of Sciences of Turin
    • start time: 6/11/1922
  • Royal Society of London
  • Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
employer
  • University of Leeds
    • end time: 1915
    • start time: 1909
  • University of Adelaide
  • University College London
occupation
  • Nobel Prize winner
  • mathematician
  • physicist
  • chemist
  • university teacher
  • crystallographer
  • lacrosse player
notable work
  • X-ray diffraction
field of work
  • mathematics
  • chemistry
  • physics
  • crystallography
doctoral student
  • Kathleen Lonsdale
  • William Lawrence Bragg
  • John Desmond Bernal
  • Willy Burgers
  • Gordon Cox
work location
  • Adelaide
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