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William Henry Bragg

English scientist

Died when: 79 years 253 days (956 months)
Star Sign: Cancer

 

William Henry Bragg

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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