| William Bragg  AKA William Henry Bragg
Born: 2-Jul-1862
Birthplace: Wigton, Cumberland, England
Died: 12-Mar-1942
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist Nationality: England
Executive summary: Analyzed crystal structures Mother: (vicar's daughter)
Wife: Gwendoline Todd (m. 1889)
Son: Lawrence Bragg (physicist)
High School: King William College, Isle of Man
University: Trinity College, Cambridge University
Professor: University of Adelaide (1886-1908)
Professor: Cavendish Professor of Physics, University of Leeds (1909-15)
Professor: Quain Professor of Physics, University College London (1915-23)
Professor: Fullerian Professor of Chemistry, Royal Institution
Nobel Prize for Physics 1915 (with Lawrence Bragg)
Matteucci Medal 1915 (with Lawrence Bragg)
Rumford Medal 1916
Copley Medal 1930
Hughes Medal 1931
Commander of the British Empire 1917
Knighthood 1920
Royal Society 1906 (President 1935-40)
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