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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 2 July 1862 · Died 12 March 1942 · Q133747

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Awarded John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science (1939).
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Jun 1936Award
Won Faraday Medal (1936).
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And was named after both William and Lawrence Bragg

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1962· 1 entry

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The Bragg Laboratories were constructed at the University of Adelaide to commemorate 100 years since the birth of Sir William H

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1942· 1 entry

Mar 12, 1942Documented record86% confidence

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Died 1942-03-12.

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1940· 1 entry

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As his term ended, a scientific advisory committee to the War Cabinet was appointed

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1939· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1939Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science (1939).

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1936· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1936Documented record84% confidence

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Won Faraday Medal (1936).

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1935· 2 entries

Jan 1, 1935Documented record84% confidence

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Career landmark: President of the Royal Society (1935–1940).

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1935Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Bragg was elected President of the Royal Society

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1930· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1930Documented record84% confidence

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Won Copley Medal (1930).

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Jun 15, 1930Documented record84% confidence

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Won Franklin Medal (1930).

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1923· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1923Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi (1923).

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1923Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Bragg was appointed Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution and Director of the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory

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1919· 1 entry

1919Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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1923, 1925, and 1931, he was invited to deliver the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture on The World of Sound; Concerning the Nature of Things, Old Trades and New Knowledge and The Universe of Life respectively

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1916· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1916Documented record84% confidence

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Won Rumford Medal (1916).

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1916Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Bragg with his small group moved to Harwich, where the staff was enlarged and they had access to a submarine for tests

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1915· 5 entries

Dec 10, 1915Documented record85% confidence

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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays.

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Jun 15, 1915Documented record84% confidence

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Won Royal Society Bakerian Medal (1915).

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Jun 15, 1915Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1915).

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Jun 15, 1915Documented record84% confidence

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Won Matteucci Medal (1915).

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1915Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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William Henry Bragg on Nobelprize

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1911· 1 entry

1911Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

William Henry Bragg

Testified his belief that the Waratah was unstable at the Inquiry into the ship's disappearance

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1904· 1 entry

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When he gave the presidential address to section A of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science in Dunedin, New Zealand, on "Some Recent Advances in the Theory of the Ionization of Gases"

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1895· 1 entry

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Was visited by Ernest Rutherford, en route from New Zealand to Cambridge; this was the commencement of a lifelong friendship

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1889· 1 entry

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In Adelaide, Bragg married Gwendoline Todd, a skilled water-colour painter and the daughter of astronomer Charles Todd

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1885· 2 entries

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Bragg was appointed Elder Professor of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Adelaide in Australia, and started work there in early 1886

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Jan 1, 1885Documented record84% confidence

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Studied at Trinity College (1881–1885).

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1884· 1 entry

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As third Wrangler, and in 1885 earned First Class Honours in the mathematical Tripos

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1875· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1875Documented record84% confidence

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Studied at King William's College (1875).

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1862· 1 entry

Jul 2, 1862Documented record86% confidence

William Henry Bragg

Born 1862-07-02.

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