Sir Lawrence Bragg | |
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Born | William Lawrence Bragg 31 March 1890 |
Died | 1 July 1971 | (aged 81)
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Adelaide University of Cambridge |
Known for | X-ray diffraction Bragg's Law |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1915) Copley Medal (1966) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | University of Manchester University of Cambridge |
Doctoral advisor | J. J. Thomson W.H. Bragg |
Sir William Lawrence Bragg CH OBE MC FRS (31 March 1890 – 1 July 1971) was an Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer who won the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his father Sir William Bragg.