Sir William Henry Bragg OM KBE PRS
(1862-1942)

Died aged c. 80

Sir William Henry Bragg OM KBE PRS (2 July 1862 – 12 March 1942) was an English physicist, chemist, mathematician, and active sportsman 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". The mineral Braggite is named after him and his son. He was knighted in 1920.

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Sir William Bragg (1862-1942) Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Leeds 1909-1916 developed here the first x-ray spectrometer and pioneered the x-ray analysis of crystal structures. Joint nobel laureate for physics in 1915 with his son Sir Lawrence Bragg

Parkinson Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom where they developed the first x-ray spectrometer

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Sir Lawrence Bragg 1890-1971 Langworthy Professor of Physics at the University, 1919-1937. Nobel laureate and founder of X-ray crystallography, jointly with his father, Sir William Henry Bragg.

Coupland Street, Manchester, United Kingdom where they was

William Henry Bragg 1862-1942 Shared the Nobel Prize for Physics 1915 with his son William Lawrence. Spent time with his family here at Catherwood House throughout his early life

Catherwood House, The Square, Market Harborough, United Kingdom where they stayed