Oral History interview with Sir William Lawrence Bragg, 1969 June 20.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Oral History interview with Sir William Lawrence Bragg, 1969 June 20.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154305709

This interview begins with recollections of Bragg's family members, and a discussion of his family's influence on his social development and early interest in science. Bragg then goes into detail about his early works, before discussing his x-ray research projects with his father, William Henry Bragg, and their shared Nobel Prize in 1915. The final portions of the interview focus on his undergraduate years at the University of Cambridge, his role as a part of J. J. Thomson's research group, and his relationship with C. T. R. Wilson. Other topics and affiliations discussed include: Niels Bohr, Norman Campbell; Ernest Rutherford; Cavendish Laboratory; and x-ray crystallography, among others.

Transcript: 37 pages.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6862541

Related Entities

There are 10 Entities related to this resource.

Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t836n5 (person)

Niels Bohr was a Danish physicist who made tremendous contributions to his field, transforming accepted notions of atomic structure, helping to develop nuclear fission, and advocating for international cooperation in crafting responsible nuclear policy. Bohr was born in Copenhagen in 1885 into a family that encouraged his academic pursuits. Christian Bohr, his father, was professor of physiology at the University of Copenhagen. Bohr credited his father for awakening hi...

Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, England)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6255b5f (corporateBody)

The Cavendish Laboratory is the Department of Physics of the University of Cambridge and part of the School of the Physical Sciences. From the guide to the Cavendish Laboratory: Experimental Notebooks, c. 1900-1934, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives) ...

University of Cambridge.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r24w7r (corporateBody)

Harvard University celebrated its 250th anniversary in 1886. Many institutions of higher education, governments, and individuals sent greetings and congratulations to commemorate the occasion. This seal accompanied greetings from the University of Cambridge, England, to the university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From the description of Sigillum coe cancellarii mror et scholariu Universitat Cantebrigie, 1886. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228509847 The University...

Bragg, William Lawrence, sir, 1890-1971

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jq130n (person)

Physicist (x-ray diffraction, crystallography). On physics faculty at the University of Manchester (1919-1937), and Cambridge University (1938-1953); director of Royal Institution, London (1954-1966); and Nobel Prize in Physics (1915). From the description of Selected reprints, 1920-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78933069 Sir William Lawrence Bragg. Education: St. Peter's College (Austrailia); B.S., Mathematics, Adelaide University (1908); Natural Sciences, Trinity Col...

Bragg, William Henry, 1862-1942

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63b62mc (person)

Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. B. A. as 3rd Wrangler 1884. Professor at Adelaide University 1886-1908. Cavendish Professor at Leeds, 1909-1915. Quain Professor of Physics at University of London 1915-1923. Received Nobel Prize 1915 (with his son William Lawrence Bragg F. R. S. 1921). F. R. S. 1907. Rumford Medal 1907. Copley Medal 1930. C. B. E. 1917. K. B. E. 1920. O. M. 1931. Hughes Medal Royal Society 1931. President Royal Society 1935. Director of Royal Institution of Great Britain ...

Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees, 1869-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bc40qn (person)

C. T. R Wilson was educated at Owens College, Manchester and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Fellow of Sidney Sussex College. University reader in electric meteorology, Cambridge. Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy, Cambridge. F. R. S. 1900. Royal Medal 1922. Hughes Medal 1911. Copley Medal 1935. C. H. 1937. Nobel Laureate Physics 1927. From the description of Laboratory records and notebooks, ca. 1895-ca. 1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81866670 ...

Thomson, J. J. (Joseph John), 1856-1940

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n29x8k (person)

English physicist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Trinity Lodge, Cambridge, to Sir Sydney Cockerell, 1927 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572272 Physicist (cathode rays, atomic structure, electrons) and administrator. On the faculty at University of Cambridge (1884-1940): director, Cavendish Laboratory (1884-1918), physics faculty (1894-1919), and master of Trinity College (1918-1940); and on the natural philosophy faculty at the Royal Instituti...

Campbell, Norman Robert, 1880-1949

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61r6rp2 (person)

Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zk5g6r (person)

Ernest Rutherford was a British physicist. From the description of Correspondence, 1890-1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173465954 From the guide to the Ernest Rutherford correspondence, 1890-1937, 1890-1937, (American Philosophical Society) Ernest Rutherford was a physicist and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1904. From the description of Letters, 1904-1924, to Bertram Borden Boltwood. (American Philosophical Society Library). W...

Edge, David O. (David Owen)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v69ksd (person)