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Sir William Bragg
By: Aubrie Odegaard
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• Born in Westward, Cumberland, on July 2, 1862
• 1882 got a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge
• 1884: 3rd place in the Mathematical Tripos
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• 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,
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• Quain Professor of Physics University College London, 1915-1925
• Fullerian Professor of Chemistry in Royal Institution (1935-1940)
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• Trained himself to become good, lucid lecturer
• Popular scientific lecturer and writer • Made instrument equipment needed
for practical laboratory teaching
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• He was author of many books such as…
• Studies in Radioactivity; X-Rays and Crystal Structure; etc.
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• Designed ionization spectrometer, prototype of X-ray and neutron diffract meters
• First exact measurements of X-ray wavelengths and crystal data
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• Developed view that gamma rays and X-rays have particle-like properties
• Director; Davy Faraday Research Laboratories, London
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Bibliography
• William Bragg The Nobel Prize in Physics 1915." Nobel Prize. 1967. Elsevier Publishing Company, Web. 19 Feb 2010. <http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1915/wh-bragg-bio.html>.
• "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>.