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Lawrence Bragg

1890 - 1971

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Sir William Lawrence Bragg, (31 March 1890 – 1 July 1971) was an Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer, discoverer (1912) of Bragg's law of X-ray diffraction, which is basic for the determination of crystal structure. He was joint recipient (with his father, William Henry Bragg) of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1915, "For their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays"; an important step in the development of X-ray crystallography. Bragg was knighted in 1941. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lawrence Bragg has received more than 316,053 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Lawrence Bragg is the 76th most popular physicist (up from 81st in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Australia (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Australian Physicist.

Lawrence Bragg is most famous for his research with his father, William Bragg, that led to the discovery of X-rays.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Lawrence Bragg ranks 76 out of 717. Before him are William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, Max von Laue, William Rowan Hamilton, Carl Zeiss, and Jean Baptiste Perrin. After him are Wilhelm Eduard Weber, Owen Willans Richardson, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Albert A. Michelson, Ernst Ruska, and Johannes Stark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Lawrence Bragg ranks 17. Before him are Alfred Jodl, Kurt Lewin, Fritz Lang, Colonel Sanders, Stan Laurel, and George II of Greece. After him are Man Ray, Walther Funk, Carlos Gardel, Robert Ley, El Lissitzky, and Kurt Student. Among people deceased in 1971, Lawrence Bragg ranks 9. Before him are Igor Stravinsky, Louis Armstrong, Jim Morrison, György Lukács, Hermann Hoth, and Audie Murphy. After him are Fernandel, Theodor Svedberg, Rudolf Abel, Paul Karrer, Lin Biao, and Mátyás Rákosi.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Lawrence Bragg ranks 2 out of 925. Before him are George Lazenby (1939). After him are Rod Laver (1938), Geoffrey Rush (1951), Cate Blanchett (1969), Rupert Murdoch (1931), Elton Mayo (1880), Errol Flynn (1909), Truganini (1812), Heath Ledger (1979), Chris Hemsworth (1983), and Hugh Jackman (1968).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Australia

Among physicists born in Australia, Lawrence Bragg ranks 1. After him are Alexander Prokhorov (1916), Mark Oliphant (1901), and Helen Quinn (1943).

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