Person Bragg; Sir; William Henry (1862 - 1942); physicist Bragg William Henry Sir physicist 1862 - 1942 British Male Westward, near Wigton, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom 02 July 1862 18620702 London 12 March 1942 19420312

X-ray crystallography Physics Education: King William's College, Castletown, Isle of Man (1875-1881); Trinity College, Cambridge. MA Career: Eider Professor of Mathematics and Physics, Adelaide University, South Australia (1886-1908); Member, Council of University of Adelaide (1898); Cavendish Professor, Leeds University (1909-1915); Quain Professor of Physics, London University (1915-1923); Resident Director of Research, Admiralty Experimental Station (1916-1917); Scientific Member, Anti-submarine Division, Admiralty (1918); Honorary Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge (1920); Director, Royal Institution; Fullerian Professor of Chemistry, Royal Institution; Director of Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory (1923); Member, Advisory Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1937). Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Physics) 1915 Matteucci Medal 1915 Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science 1915 Faraday Medal 1936 John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science 1939 Honours: CBE 1917; KBE 1920; OM 1931 Memberships: London Old King William's College Society (President 1933) Parents: Robert John Bragg (1830–1885), merchant navy officer who became a farmer at Stoneraise Place, Westward, and Mary (1833–1869), daughter of Robert Wood, perpetual curate of Westward. Father-in-law: Sir Charles Todd (FRS 1889) Spouse: (m. 1889) Gwendoline Todd, daughter of Charles Todd FRS, postmaster-general and government astronomer of South Australia (1869–1929) Children: William Lawrence Bragg (FRS 1921) Developed the first X-Ray spectrometer and pioneered the X-Ray analysis of crystal structures. Royal Society roles: VP 1920-1922, 1923-1925; PRS 1935-1940 Medals and prizes: Rumford Medal 1916; Copley Medal 1930 Lectures: Bakerian 1915; Pilgrim Trust 1939 Fellow 02/05/1907 45 William Aitcheson Haswell Archibald Liversidge Walter Baldwin Spencer Edward Charles Stirling Orme Masson Robert Lewis John Ellery William Henry Preece Richard Threlfall Herbert Hall Turner Augustus Edward Hough Love Hugh Longbourne Callendar Andrew Russell Forsyth Joseph John Thomson Horace Lamb Arthur Schuster John Sealy Townsend Oliver Lodge Charles Thomson Rees Wilson Robert John Strutt Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB; King William's College Society Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1942-1944 vol 4 pp 277-300, plate, by E N da C Andrade, with a bibliography by K Lonsdale References: John G Jenkin, 'The Appointment of W H Bragg, FRS, to the University of Adelaide' in NR 1985-86 vol 40 pp 75-99, plate William McGucken, 'The Royal Society and the Genesis of the Scientific Advisory Committee to Britain's War Cabinet, 1939-1940' in NR 1978-9 vol 33 pp 87-115 Sir Lawrence Bragg and G M Caroe, 'Sir William Bragg, FRS (1862-1942)' in NR 1962 vol 17 pp 169-182, plate R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 J S Rowlinson, 'A national treasure house. <i>'The common purposes of life': science and society at the Royal Institution of Great Britain</i> ed Frank A J L James ' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 105-106 D Blow and S Wallwork, 'Prehistory of the British Crystallographic Association' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 177-186 J M Thomas ' Picking winners: W H and W L Bragg at the Royal Institution' NR 2011 vol 65 pp 163-182, and correction at NR 2011 vol 65 p 317 Bragg_RS9645.jpg ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1943.0003 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Bragg%2C+William+Henry RCN 9515 RCN 9845 RCN 9861 RCN 9516 RCN 29726 RCN 9519 RCN 9520 RCN 9521 RCN 8443 RCN 13713 RCN 9514 RCN 9517 RCN 9518 RCN 9522 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH1127 2 Jul 1862 - 12 Mar 1942 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 09/07/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA8140 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/71473666 1e77d4fd-10b6-4a50-b852-25884b924d79