William Henry Bragg (1862–1942)
Author of The universe of light
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- Canonical name
- Bragg, William Henry
- Birthdate
- 1862-07-02
- Date of death
- 1942-03-10
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Trinity College, Cambridge (Third wrangler, 1884|first class honours, Mathematics, 1885)
- Occupations
- physicist
chemist
university professor - Organizations
- University of Adelaide
University of Leeds
University College London
Davy Faraday Research Laboratory, Royal Institution - Awards and honors
- Royal Society (Fellow, 1907)
Nobel Prize (Physics, 1915)
Matteucci Medal (1915)
Rumford Medal (1916)
Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1917)
Order of the British Empire (Knight Commander, 1920) (show all 10)
Copley Medal (1930)
Order of Merit (1931)
Royal Society (President, 1935)
Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium (1946) - Relationships
- Bragg, Lawrence (son)
- Short biography
- Among many other achievements, William Henry Bragg, together with his son, William Lawrence Bragg, invented the science of X-ray crystallography. He and his son were joint recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1915.
- Nationality
- England
UK - Birthplace
- Westward, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Adelaide, Australia
Leeds, UK
London, UK - Place of death
- London, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- UK
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