Nobel Prize in Physics 1915 (with William Lawrence Bragg) "for services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays" William Bragg was born in 1862 in an English village called Westward. He did his initial schooling at Market Harborough Grammar School and later at King William's College, Isle of Man. In 1881 he won a scholarship to attend Trinity College, Cambridge, before joining the famous Cavendish Laboratory. In early 1886 he moved to University of Adelaide as Professor of Mathematics and Science. Subsequently, he became Cavendish Professor of Physics at Leeds (1909-1915), Quain Professor of Physics at University College London (1915-1925), and Fullerian Professor of Chemistry in the Royal Institution. Throughout his career, Bragg’s research interests embraced a great many topics and he was an adept at picking up a subject, almost casually, making an important contribution, then dropping it again. This was the case until 1913, where he along with his son established a new area of science for the analysis of crystal structure. They developed a method for analysing the three dimensional structure of crystals, by means of X-rays. During the First World War, Bragg was put in charge of research on the detection and measurement of underwater sounds in connection with the location of submarines. Following this he was awarded a C.B.E. in 1917 and knighted in 1920. William was also an honorary doctor of sixteen universities and his numerous awards include the Rumford Medal in 1916, the Copley Medal in 1930, the Order of Merit in 1931 and was the President of the Royal Society in 1935. William died in 1942. | 
