Sir William Lawrence Bragg CH OBE MC FRS
(1890-1971)
Dalton Medal recipient, Nobel Physics Laureate (from 1915), British Armed Forces Military Cross recipient (from 1918), Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (from 1918), Fellow of the Royal Society (from 1921), President of the Institute of Physics (1939-1943), Knight Bachelor (from 1941), and Companion of Honour (from 1967)
Family tree
Commemorated on 2 plaques
#University of Manchester
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 a lecturer (1919-1937)
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