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William Lawrence Bragg

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William Lawrence Bragg

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Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer

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William Lawrence Bragg was an Australian-born British physicist who pioneered the use of X-rays to study the structure of crystals. His work laid the foundation for understanding how atoms are arranged in solid materials, which has been crucial for developing new materials and medicines.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1915

    “for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Lawrence
Gender
male
Citizenship
Australia
Place of birth
Adelaide
Place of death
Ipswich
Father
William Henry Bragg
Educated at
St Peter's College
Employer
Victoria University of Manchester
Languages spoken
English language
Notable work
X-ray diffraction
Doctoral advisor
William Henry Bragg
Student of
J. J. Thomson
Field of work
X-ray spectroscopy
Image
Wl-bragg.jpg
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member of
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
Commons category
William Lawrence Bragg
date of birth
1890-03-31
date of death
1971-07-01
Erdős number
6
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Physics
name in native language
William Lawrence Bragg
student
John Desmond Bernal
different from
William Bragg
ethnic group
English people
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WikiProject Mathematics
P8168
Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute
interested in
physics
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Portrait of William Lawrence Bragg, 1930

Sir William Lawrence Bragg (31 March 1890 – 1 July 1971) was an Australian-born British X-ray crystallographer who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his father William Henry 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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