Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for William Henry Bragg across 8 places, from 1862 to 1942.
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Sir William Henry Bragg (2 July 1862 – 12 March 1942) was a British X-ray crystallographer who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his son Lawrence Bragg – the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays," an important step in the developmenWikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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2 July 1862exact date
Westward, Cumbriaattested“William Henry Bragg was born on 2 July 1862 in Westward, Cumberland, England, the son of Robert John Bragg, a merchant marine officer and farmer, and Mary Wood, a clergyman's daughter.”source: Wikipedia: William Henry Bragg
1885year
University of Adelaideattested“In 1885, Bragg was appointed Elder Professor of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Adelaide in Australia, and started work there in early 1886.”source: Wikipedia: William Henry Bragg
1885year
Australiaattested“In 1885, Bragg was appointed Elder Professor of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Adelaide in Australia, and started work there in early 1886.”source: Wikipedia: William Henry Bragg
December 1897month
Great Britainattested“Bragg departed Adelaide in December 1897, and spent all of 1898 on a 12-month leave of absence, touring Great Britain and Europe and during this time visited Marconi and inspected his wireless facilities.”source: Wikipedia: William Henry Bragg
1909 to 1915period
University of Leedsattested“From 1909 to 1915, Bragg was Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Leeds.”source: Wikipedia: William Henry Bragg
1916year
Harwichattested“Late in 1916, Bragg with his small group moved to Harwich, where the staff was enlarged and they had access to a submarine for tests.”source: Wikipedia: William Henry Bragg
1923year
Royal Institutionattested“In 1923, Bragg was appointed Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution and Director of the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory.”source: Wikipedia: William Henry Bragg
12 March 1942exact date
Londonattested“Bragg died of heart failure on 12 March 1942 in London at the age of 79.”source: Wikipedia: William Henry Bragg
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1889year
Adelaidementioned“In 1889, in Adelaide, Bragg married Gwendoline Todd, a skilled water-colour painter and the daughter of astronomer Charles Todd.”source: Wikipedia: William Henry Bragg
1895year
New Zealandmentioned“In 1895, he was visited by Ernest Rutherford, en route from New Zealand to Cambridge; this was the commencement of a lifelong friendship.”source: Wikipedia: William Henry Bragg
1895year
Cambridgementioned“In 1895, he was visited by Ernest Rutherford, en route from New Zealand to Cambridge; this was the commencement of a lifelong friendship.”source: Wikipedia: William Henry Bragg
29 May 1896exact date
Adelaidementioned“On 29 May 1896 at Adelaide, he demonstrated before a meeting of local doctors the application of "X-rays to reveal structures that were otherwise invisible".”source: Wikipedia: William Henry Bragg
21 September 1897exact date
University of Adelaidementioned“On 21 September 1897 Bragg gave the first recorded public demonstration of the working of wireless telegraphy in Australia during a lecture meeting at the University of Adelaide as part of the Public Teachers' Union conference.”source: Wikipedia: William Henry Bragg
21 September 1897exact date
Australiamentioned“On 21 September 1897 Bragg gave the first recorded public demonstration of the working of wireless telegraphy in Australia during a lecture meeting at the University of Adelaide as part of the Public Teachers' Union conference.”source: Wikipedia: William Henry Bragg
13 May 1899exact date
Adelaidementioned“He returned to Adelaide in early March 1899, and already on 13 May 1899, Bragg and his father-in-law, Sir Charles Todd, were conducting preliminary tests of wireless telegraphy with a transmitter at the Observatory and a receiver on the…”source: Wikipedia: William Henry Bragg
1904year
Dunedinmentioned“The turning-point in Bragg's career came in 1904 when he gave the presidential address to section A of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science in Dunedin, New Zealand, on "Some Recent Advances in the Theory of the Ion…”source: Wikipedia: William Henry Bragg
Board of Invention and Researchmentioned“He had to wait for almost a year to contribute to the war effort; in July 1915, he was appointed to the Board of Invention and Research set up by the Admiralty.”source: Wikipedia: William Henry Bragg
July 1916month
Aberdourmentioned“Bowing to outside pressure to use science, in July 1916, the Admiralty appointed Bragg as scientific director at Aberdour, assisted by three additional young physicists.”source: Wikipedia: William Henry Bragg
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