Lawrence Bragg, 1915.
The Australian Dictionary of Biography sits in the School of History at the Research School of Social Sciences. Research Editor RANI KERIN explores the lives of the first Australian Nobel Laureates. To win a Nobel Prize is a unique honour, but for a father and son to jointly share one is a singular distinction. This was the achievement in 1915 of Australia's first Nobel Prize winners, who are featured in volume seven of the Australian Dictionary of Biography ( ADB ). William Henry Bragg was born in Westward, Cumberland, England in 1862. After being awarded a scholarship to study mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge, and working for a year at the Cavendish laboratory, he was appointed to the chair of mathematics and experimental physics at the University of Adelaide, at age 23. His research into alpha particles made him internationally famous and led to a Royal Society Fellowship. In 1889 he married Gwendoline Todd, daughter of the Postmaster General and Government Astronomer of South Australia, and in 1890 their son, William Lawrence, was born.
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