William Henry Bragg
Sir William Henry Bragg 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.
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- Born in
- Wigton
- Educated at
- Trinity CollegeKing William's CollegeOld Grammar School
- Awards
- 🏆 Copley Medal🏆 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Edward Routh
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Kathleen Lonsdale
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1862
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Birth1942
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