Sir William Bragg

By: Aubrie Odegaard

• Born in Westward, Cumberland, on July 2, 1862

• 1882 got a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge

• 1884: 3rd place in the Mathematical Tripos

• Studied physics in Cavendish Laboratory during 1885

• Developed view that gamma rays and X-rays have particle-like properties (1907)

• Cavendish Professor of Physics at Leeds 1909-1915,

• Quain Professor of Physics University College London, 1915-1925

• Fullerian Professor of Chemistry in Royal Institution (1935-1940)

• found branch of science, analysis of crystal structure by X-rays

• Detected underwater sounds to locate submarines during WWI due to work and scientific eminence

• President of physics at Australian Association for Advancement of Science

• Professor of mathematics and physics at University Adelaide

• Awarded Nobel Prize 1915 jointly with his son

• Made C.B.E. in 1917 and knighted in 1920

• Order of Merit in 1913• Elected President of the Royal

Society in 1935• Was honorary doctor of sixteen

universities

• Trained himself to become good, lucid lecturer

• Popular scientific lecturer and writer • Made instrument equipment needed

for practical laboratory teaching

• He was author of many books such as…

• Studies in Radioactivity; X-Rays and Crystal Structure; etc.

• Designed ionization spectrometer, prototype of X-ray and neutron diffract meters

• First exact measurements of X-ray wavelengths and crystal data

• Developed view that gamma rays and X-rays have particle-like properties

• Director; Davy Faraday Research Laboratories, London

Bibliography

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• "Sir William Bragg." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 21 Feb. 2010 <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/76956/Sir-William-Bragg>.

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• Lonsdale , Dame. "Bragg, Sir William." Britannica Nobel Prize. 1978. Web. 21 Feb 2010. <http://dwb.unl.edu/Teacher/NSF/C06/C06Links/207.138.35.143/nobel/micro/83_19.html>.