Portrait of William Lawrence Bragg
Date
ca.1960s
Sitter
William Lawrence Bragg (1890 - 1971) , Crystallographer
Creator
Walter Bird (1903 - 1969, British) , Photographer
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 155mm
width (print): 155mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of William Lawrence Bragg face on with hands clasped in front of him holding spectacles. He wears a dark suit jacket, white shirt, and tie.
Inscribed with the photographer’s signature lower left-hand corner.
Sir (William) Lawrence Bragg (1890-1971), Australian-born British physicist and crystallographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1921. He was awarded the Society’s Hughes Medal, 1931, Royal Medal, 1946, and Copley Medal, 1966. Bragg and his father, Sir William Henry Bragg (1862-1942) were joint recipients of the Nobel Prize (Physics) in 1915 for ‘their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays’.
Inscribed with the photographer’s signature lower left-hand corner.
Sir (William) Lawrence Bragg (1890-1971), Australian-born British physicist and crystallographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1921. He was awarded the Society’s Hughes Medal, 1931, Royal Medal, 1946, and Copley Medal, 1966. Bragg and his father, Sir William Henry Bragg (1862-1942) were joint recipients of the Nobel Prize (Physics) in 1915 for ‘their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays’.
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