Sir (William) Lawrence Bragg
(1890-1971), Physicist and crystallographerSitter in 41 portraits
Australian-born physicist; aged 22, Bragg made pioneering advances in the recently established field of X-ray diffraction through crystals, and with his father (Sir W. H. Bragg) was awarded the Nobel Prize (the youngest-ever recipient) in 1914. He succeeded Ernest Rutherford both as Professor of Physics at Manchester University (in 1919) and as Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge (1938) and in 1947 established there the Medical Research Council laboratory of molecular biology.
by William Dring
pastel, 1965
NPG 6539
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 11 June 1937
NPG x83967
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, January 1943
NPG x164689
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, January 1943
NPG x164690
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1946
NPG x83966
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 27 June 1961
NPG x170952
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 27 June 1961
NPG x170955
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 9 April 1970
NPG x164691
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 11 June 1937
NPG x157119
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 11 June 1937
NPG x157120
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 11 June 1937
NPG x157121
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 11 June 1937
NPG x157122
by Elliott & Fry
whole-plate glass negative, 1946
NPG x100314
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 29 November 1946
NPG x74045
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 29 November 1946
NPG x74046
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 29 November 1946
NPG x74047
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 29 November 1946
NPG x74048
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 29 November 1946
NPG x74049
by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate glass negative, 29 November 1946
NPG x21162
by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate glass negative, 29 November 1946
NPG x21163
by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate glass negative, 29 November 1946
NPG x21164
by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate glass negative, 29 November 1946
NPG x21165
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 27 June 1961
NPG x170951
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 27 June 1961
NPG x170953
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 27 June 1961
NPG x170954
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