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Sir William Lawrence Bragg
Birth: Mar. 31, 1890
Death: Jul. 1, 1971

Physicist, Fellow of Trinity College. Son of Sir William Bragg, and awarded jointly with him a Nobel Prize for their work on crystallography in 1915. He remains the youngest person ever to have won the Nobel. According to the inscription 'he captivated the minds of his audiences with a style of lecturing at once lucid and elegant'. (bio by: David Conway) 
 
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  David William Bragg (1926 - 2005)*
 
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Trinity College *
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire, England
Plot: Chapel
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Record added: Apr 10, 2001
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Sir William Lawrence Bragg
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A genius who helped humanity understand much of nature. I salute you.
- bp
 Added: Apr. 26, 2013

- Mike
 Added: Jul. 1, 2012

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 Added: Jul. 1, 2012
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