William Henry Bragg (Person)
William Henry Bragg
1862 AD - 1942 AD
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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03/31/1890 AD
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