Lawrence Bragg

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Nobel laureate in Physics crystallographer physicist

Lawrence Bragg was a Nobel Prize–winning physicist best known for his foundational work in X-ray crystallography and for formulating Bragg's law of diffraction.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physics ⓘ crystallographer ⓘ physicist ⓘ
awardReceived	Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science ⓘ Copley Medal ⓘ Hughes Medal ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Royal Medal ⓘ
birthCountry	Australia ⓘ
birthDate	1890-03-31 ⓘ
birthPlace	Adelaide ⓘ
coAuthor	William Henry Bragg ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Australia ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate	1971-07-01 ⓘ
educatedAt	Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Adelaide ⓘ
familyName	Bragg ⓘ
father	William Henry Bragg ⓘ
fieldOfWork	X-ray crystallography ⓘ physics ⓘ solid-state physics ⓘ
fullName	Lawrence Bragg self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: William Lawrence Bragg
givenName	Lawrence ⓘ William ⓘ
honorificTitle	Sir ⓘ
influenced	development of structural biology ⓘ use of X-ray diffraction in determining crystal structures ⓘ
knownFor	Bragg's law ⓘ X-ray diffraction by crystals ⓘ foundational work in X-ray crystallography ⓘ
memberOf	Order of Merit ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ
militaryService	British Army ⓘ surface form: British Army in World War I
nobelPrizeCategory	Physics ⓘ
nobelPrizeMotivation	services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays ⓘ
nobelPrizeYear	1915 ⓘ
notableAchievement	youngest-ever Nobel laureate in Physics at the time of award ⓘ
notableConcept	Bragg's law ⓘ surface form: Bragg angle
notableStudent	John Kendrew ⓘ Max Perutz ⓘ
occupation	research director ⓘ university professor ⓘ
positionHeld	Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics ⓘ surface form: Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge Director of the Cavendish Laboratory ⓘ Director of the Royal Institution ⓘ
publication	X-rays and Crystal Structure ⓘ
sharedNobelPrizeWith	William Henry Bragg ⓘ