William Lawrence Bragg

William Lawrence Bragg, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1890-03-31 in Adelaide, Australia

Gender: male

Field: Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer (1890–1971)

Biography

Sir William Lawrence Bragg was an Australian-born British physicist who shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his father William Henry Bragg "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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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1915

Awarded on: 1915-11-12

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

Affiliations:

  • Victoria UniversityManchester, United Kingdom