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Sir William Henry Bragg (1862–1942)

Robert Hannaford (b.1944)

The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds

Sir William Henry Bragg (1862–1942)
Sir William Henry Bragg (1862–1942)
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© Robert Lyall Hannaford/Copyright Agency. Licensed by DACS 2024. Image credit: The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds

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The sitter held the Cavendish Chair of Physics at Leeds from 1909 to 1915, was a British physicist, chemist, mathematician and active sportsman who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his son, William Lawrence Bragg. They were awarded the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics 'for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays'. The work was unveiled on 11th December 2015 in the Parkinson Court. The commission of the bust was jointly made with RiAus and University of Adelaide.

The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds

Leeds

Title

Sir William Henry Bragg (1862–1942)

Date

2015

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H (?) x W 28.7 x D 34 cm

Accession number

LEEUA 2015.002

Acquisition method

commissioned by the University of Leeds, 2015

Work type

Bust

Inscription description

lower left on left shoulder: HANNAFORD; verso, lower right: TUT / SCULPTURE CASTING

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Robert Hannaford

b.1944

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