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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectWilliam Henry Bragg
Dates
July 2, 1862 – March 10, 1942
Authorized Form of Name
Bragg, William Henry, 1862-1942
Additional Forms of Names
Bragg, W. H. (William Henry), 1862-1942
Bragg, William, 1862-1942
Bragg, William Henry, Sir, 1862-1942
Brégg, V., 1862-1942
Брэгг, Уильям Генри, 1862-1942
Biography
Abstract
Sir William Henry Bragg was a crystallographer at University College, London. He and his son William Lawrence Bragg were awarded the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays." William Henry Bragg was a Professor of Physics at University of Adelaide, Leeds University, University College of London, and the Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Important Dates
July 2, 1862Birth, Wigton (England).
1884Obtained Part I degree in Mathematics Tripos, Trinity College, Cambridge (England).
1885Obtained Part II degree in Mathematics in Tripos, First Class Honours, Trinity College, Cambridge (England).
1885 – 1886Researcher, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge (England).
1886 – 1909Professor of Mathematics and Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide (S.A.).
1907Fellow, Royal Society.
1909 – 1915Cavendish Professor of Physics, Leeds University, Leeds (England).
1915Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics with son William Lawrence Bragg "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of x-rays".
1915 – 1925Quain Professor of Physics, University College of London, London (England).
1916Awarded Rumford Medal.
1917Appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE).
1920Knighted.
1920 – 1942Honorary Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge (England).
1923Fullerian Professor of Chemistry and Director, Royal Institution of Great Britain, London (England).
1930Awarded Copley Medal.
1934Co-wrote "The Crystalline State" with son William Lawrence Bragg.
1935 – 1940President, Royal Society.
1936Co-wrote "Electricity" with son William Lawrence Bragg.
1937Co-wrote "Atomic Structure of Minerals" with son William Lawrence Bragg.
March 10, 1942Death, London (England).
Occupation
Crystallographer.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Bragg, Gwendoline Todd
Wife.
Bragg, William Lawrence, Sir, 1890-1971
Son. Advised by father at University of Leeds and awarded 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with father William Henry Bragg.
Advisors & Collaborators
Astbury, William Thomas, 1898-1961
Advised by Bragg at University of Leeds.
Bernal, J. D. (John Desmond), 1901-1971
Advised by Bragg at the Royal Institution.
Burgers, Willy Gerard
Advised by Bragg at the Royal Institution.
Lonsdale, Kathleen, Dame, 1903-1971
Advised by Bragg at University College of London (UCL).
Rankine, Alexander Oliver,
Advised by Bragg at University of London.
Robertson, J. Monteath (John Monteath).
Advised by Bragg at the Royal Institution.
Routh, Edward John
PhD advisor at Cambridge University.
Additional
Alexander, Jerome, 1876-1959
Appleton, Edward Victor, Sir, 1892-1965
Blackett, P. M. S. (Patrick Maynard Stuart), Baron Blackett, 1897-1974
Brose, Henry L. (Henry Leopold), 1890-
Caroe, G. M.
Casimir, H. B. G. (Hendrik Brugt Gerhard), 1909-2000
Chapman, Sydney, 1888-1970
Compton, Betty Charity McCloskey, 1916-
Darrow, Karl K. (Karl Kelchner), 1891-
Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829
Debye, Peter J. W. (Peter Josef William), 1884-1966
Ewald, Paul Peter, 1888-1985
Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975
Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867
Feather, N. (Norman)
Finkelstein, David Ritz, 1929-
Fox, Gerald Willis, 1900-1974
Grove, William Robert,
Haldane, J. B. S. (John Burdon Sanderson), 1892-1964
Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925
Heyworth, Dorothy
Hill, A. V. (Archibald Vivian), 1886-1977
Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975
Jeans, James Hopwood, Sir
Jesse, William Polk, 1891-1974
Jones, H. (Harry), 1905-1986
Loeb, Leonard B. (Leonard Benedict), 1891-
Madsen, John Percival Vissing
McDowell, Louise S. (Louise Sherwood), 1876-1966
Mellanby, Edward, Sir, 1887-1955
Morse, Philip M. (Philip McCord), 1903-1985
Mott, N. F. (Nevill Francis), Sir, 1905-1996
Occhialini, Giuseppe, 1907-1993
Peierls, Rudolf E. (Rudolf Ernst), 1907-1995
Phillips, D.C. (David C.)
Pohl, Robert Wichard, 1884-1976
Polanyi, Michael, 1891-1976
Porter, George, Sir, 1920-
Rayleigh, John William Strutt, Baron, 1842-1919
Richardson, O. W. (Owen Willans), 1879-1959
Rogers, Arthur Lionel,
Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy), 1905-1980
Thomas, J. M. (John Meurig)
Thomson, Elihu, 1853-1937
Thomson, G. P. (George Paget), 1892-1975
Tyndall, John, 1820-1893
Waller, Ivar, 1898-1991
Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees, 1869-1959
Wilson, Lucy, 1888-
Wilson, W. (William), b. 1875
Wood, A. B. (Albert Beaumont)
Institutions
Major Positions
Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, England)
Researcher.
Royal Institution (Great Britain).
Fullerian Professor of Chemistry and Director.
University College, London. Department of Physics
Quain Professor of Physics.
University of Adelaide
Professor of Mathematics and Physics.
University of Leeds
Cavendish Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Columbia University. Department of Physics
Royal Society (Great Britain)
Fellow and President.
Trinity College (University of Cambridge)
Obtained Part I (1884) and Part II (1885) degrees in Mathematics in Tripos.
University of Oxford. Alembic Club
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
C. P. Snow collection, 1931-1980.
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
University of Texas at Austin
P.O. Drawer 7219, Austin, TX 78713-7219, USA
History of Sound Ranging, 1914-1918.
Royal Artillery Library
Old Royal Military Academy
Academy Road, Woolich SEI8 4DN
Humphrey Davy, Michael Faraday, William Grove, John Tyndall and William Bragg papers [microfilm], 1837-1938, records of the secretary.
Alexander Turnbull Library
Wellington, New Zealand
Kasimir Fajans papers, 1912-1975.
Bentley Historical Library
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2113, USA
Sir William Henry Bragg miscellaneous correspondence.
Medical Research Council
London, Englank UK
Sir William Henry Bragg miscellaneous letters, 1907-1931.
Royal Society
6 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG, England UK
Sir William Lawrence Bragg papers.
Royal Institution of Great Britain
London, Englank UK
William H. Bragg letters to Gerald Willis Fox, 1931-1936.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
William H. Bragg research notes on x-rays, 1913.
Brotherton Library, Department of Special Collections
University of Leeds
Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 9JT
William Henry Bragg correspondence with Ernest Rutherford, 1904-1933.
Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Cambridge University
West Road, Cambridge, CH3 9DR
William Henry Bragg papers, 1889-1960.
Royal Institution of Great Britain
London, Englank UK
William Lawrence Bragg selected reprints, 1920-1969.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Arthur Lionel Rogers papers, 1885-1986.
In private hands
Contact: Australian Science Archives Project
Department of H. P. S., University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052
BBC written archives, 1922-[ongoing].
BBC Written Archives Centre
Caversham Park, Reading, RG4 8TZ
Columbia University Department of Physics Historical Records, 1862-1997.
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Columbia University
Butler Library, 6th Floor East, New York, NY 10027, USA
David C. Phillips papers, 1935-1994.
Bodleian Library
University of Oxford
Department of Western Manuscripts Oxford, England, UK
Elihu Thomson papers, 1853-1955.
Library.
American Philosophical Society
105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Ernest Rutherford correspondence [microform], 1906-1937.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
H. B. G. Casimir papers, 1929-2000.
Rijksarchief in Noord-Holland
Kleine Houtweg 18, Haarlem, Netherlands
Henry Brose correspondence, 1910-1939.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Ivar Waller papers, circa 1912-1989.
Centrum för Vetenskapshistoria
Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademien
Stockholm, Sweden
Jerome Alexander correspondence, 1908-1953.
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
New York Public Library
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018, USA
Job application and testimonials, 1911-1914.
Museum of the History of Science
Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AZ
John Percival Vissing Madsen papers, 1906-1969.
Basser Library
Australian Academy of Science
GPO Box 783, Canberra, ACT 2601
Kathleen Lonsdale papers, ca. 1914-1989.
Archive
University College of London
Gower Street, London WCIE 6BT
Louise S. McDowell papers, 1894-1955.
Archives
Wellesley College
Margaret Clapp Library, Wellesley, MA 02481, USA
Michael Polanyi papers, 1900-1975.
The Joseph Regenstein Library. Department of Special Collections
University of Chicago
1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Niels Bohr scientific correspondence, 1903-1962.
Niels Bohr Archive
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
O. W. Richardson papers, 1897-1959 (bulk 1920-1940).
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
University of Texas at Austin
P.O. Drawer 7219, Austin, TX 78713-7219, USA
Oliver Heaviside selected papers [microform], 1874-1922.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Betty Compton, 1968 April 11 and 15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Dorothy Heyworth, 1979 March 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Georg von Hevesy, 1962 May 25 and 4 February 1963.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Giuseppe Occhialini, 1971 April 5, 6, May 16, 17, and November 18.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Harry Jones, 1981 January 20.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Karl K. Darrow, 1964 April 2 and 10 June.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Leonard B. Loeb, 1962 August 7.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Lucy Wilson, 1978 October 4 and December 6.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Norman Feather, 1971 February 25 and 5 November.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Paul Peter Ewald, 1968 May 17 and 24.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Robert S. Shankland, 1974 August 20 and 21.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Robert Wichard Pohl, 1963 June 25.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Sir Rudolf Ernst Peierls, 1963 June 17 and 18.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral History interview with Sir William Lawrence Bragg, 1969 June 20.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Phillip M. Morse autobiographical data, circa 1962.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Pieter Zeeman papers, 1877-1946.
Rijksarchief in Noord-Holland
Kleine Houtweg 18, Haarlem, Netherlands
Professor A. V. Hill papers, 1894-1977.
Archives Centre.
Churchill College
Cambridge CB3 0DS
Reminiscences of A. B. Wood [sound recording], 1960.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Scientific correspondence [microform], 1907-1962.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Scientists collection, 1563-1973.
Library
American Philosophical Society
105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Sir George Porter papers, 1938-1999.
Royal Institution of Great Britain
London, Englank UK
Sydney Chapman festschrift material [microform], 1968.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
University of Oxford. Alembic Club records, 1904-1973.
Museum of the History of Science
Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AZ
W. Wilson papers, 1910-1957; 1960-1985.
University of London
Royal Holloway College Library
Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, England UK
William P. Jesse scientific autobiography, 1968.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
An introduction to crystal analysis, by Sir William Bragg…
Atomic structure of minerals/ by W.L. Bragg …
Concerning the nature of things/ by Sir William Bragg ... illustrated with many diagrams and plates.
Concerning the nature of things; six lectures delivered at the Royal Institution.
Creative knowledge: old trades and new science/ by Sir William Bragg…
Physical sciences. Edited by Sir William Lawrence Bragg and George Porter.
Recent advances in physics: notes of four lectures to scientific works in industry/ by W.L. Bragg.
Studies in radioactivity, by W. H. Bragg…
The development of x-ray analysis/ by Sir Lawrence Bragg; edited by B.C. Phillips and H. Lipson.
The history of x-ray anaylsis/ by Sir Lawrence Bragg.
X-rays and crystal structure/ by Sir W.H. Bragg and W.L. Bragg.
Subject
Light is a messenger: the life and science of William Lawrence Bragg/ Graeme K. Hunter.
William Bragg Nobel Prize biography.
William Henry Bragg, 1862-1942: man and scientist/ G. M. Caroe.