19 moments

1. Birth in Adelaide

   1890-03-31 · Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

   William Lawrence Bragg was born in Adelaide, South Australia.

2. Enrollment at Queen's School

   1900-01-01 · Queen's School, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

   Bragg began his documented schooling at Queen's School in North Adelaide. Coordinates represent North Adelaide because the historical school site's exact location is not specified in the cited text.

3. Entered the University of Adelaide

   1904-01-01 · University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

   At age fifteen, Bragg entered the University of Adelaide to study mathematics, chemistry, and physics.

4. Entered Trinity College, Cambridge

   1909-01-01 · Trinity College, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

   Bragg came to England with his father and entered Trinity College, Cambridge, as an Allen Scholar.

5. Cambridge Philosophical Society presentation

   1912-11-11 · Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

   Bragg presented his theory of X-ray diffraction to the Cambridge Philosophical Society, an early public step in the work that led to Bragg's law. Coordinates represent Cambridge; the cited source names the Cambridge Philosophical Society but does not specify the meeting room.

6. Fellow and lecturer at Trinity

   1914-01-01 · Trinity College, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

   

   Bragg became a Fellow and Lecturer in Natural Sciences at Trinity College after completing his Cambridge studies and early research.

7. Sound-ranging service in France

   1915-01-01 · France

   

   Bragg began wartime service as technical adviser on sound ranging to the Map Section at British General Headquarters in France. The source supports France but does not identify a specific General Headquarters location; coordinates are a representative national point.

8. Langworthy Professor in Manchester

   1919-01-01 · Victoria University of Manchester, Manchester, England, United Kingdom

   

   Bragg took over from Ernest Rutherford as Langworthy Professor of Physics at Manchester University, beginning an eighteen-year Manchester period. Coordinates represent the historic Victoria University of Manchester area.

9. Nobel lecture in Stockholm

   1922-09-06 · Technical University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

   

   Bragg personally delivered his Nobel lecture, "The Diffraction of X-Rays by Crystals," in Stockholm after missing an earlier invitation.

10. Fifth Solvay Conference

    1927-10-01 · Institut International de Physique Solvay, Leopold Park, Brussels, Belgium

    

    Bragg was among the participants photographed at the Fifth Solvay Conference on Electrons and Photons, a major international meeting on quantum theory. The source identifies Bragg in the participant photograph; date precision is limited to the documented conference month because the source does not specify which day he attended.

11. Research leave in Munich

    1931-01-01 · Institute for Theoretical Physics, Munich, Germany

    Following a difficult period in Manchester, Bragg spent the first three months of 1931 at Munich's Institute for Theoretical Physics. The cited source supports the first three months of 1931 but not a more precise arrival date.

12. Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

    1934-01-01 · Royal Institution, London, England, United Kingdom

    Bragg delivered the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture series on electricity, extending his public-science work beyond university research. The source supports the year but not individual lecture dates.

13. Director of the National Physical Laboratory

    1937-01-01 · National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, England, United Kingdom

    Bragg moved from Manchester to become director of the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington.

14. Cavendish Professor at Cambridge

    1938-01-01 · Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

    After his brief leadership of the National Physical Laboratory, Bragg became Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics in Cambridge and directed the Cavendish Laboratory. Coordinates represent the historic Cavendish Laboratory site on Free School Lane.

15. Moved to the Royal Institution

    1953-01-01 · Royal Institution, London, England, United Kingdom

    The Braggs moved into the resident professor's flat at the Royal Institution, beginning Bragg's principal London-based institutional role. The source supports the year, not a more precise move date.

16. Announced DNA structure at Solvay conference

    1953-04-08 · Belgium

    Bragg announced Watson and Crick's DNA-structure discovery at the Solvay conference on proteins in Belgium before the result received press attention. The cited text specifies Belgium but not the conference venue; coordinates are a representative national point.

17. DNA talk at Guy's Hospital Medical School

    1953-05-14 · Guy's Hospital Medical School, London, England, United Kingdom

    Bragg gave a London talk on the DNA discovery at Guy's Hospital Medical School, prompting a News Chronicle report the next day.

18. Second Christmas Lecture series

    1961-01-01 · Royal Institution, London, England, United Kingdom

    

    Bragg returned to the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, again presenting a series on electricity. The source supports the year but not individual lecture dates.

19. Death near Waldringfield

    1971-07-01 · Waldringfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

    Bragg died at a hospital near his home in Waldringfield, Suffolk, ending a career spanning crystallography, wartime acoustics, molecular biology, and scientific education. The source identifies a hospital near Waldringfield rather than the hospital's name; coordinates represent Waldringfield.