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William Lawrence Bragg
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William Lawrence Bragg

Scientist · born March 31, 1890 · died 1971

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Sir William Lawrence Bragg was an Australian-born British X-ray crystallographer who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his father William Henry Bragg – the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays", an important…

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  1. ~25Received the Nobel Prize in Physics1915
  2. ~25Received the Matteucci Medal1915
  3. ~37Became president1927
  4. ~41Received the Hughes Medal1931
  5. ~56Received the Royal Medal1946
  6. ~76Received the Copley Medal1966

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Actor

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Actor

1943 · United States

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Al Gore
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Entrepreneur

1948 · United States

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Actor

1982 · People's Republic of China

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