Stephen Bragg
Stephen Lawrence Bragg | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 November 1923 |
| Died | 14 November 2014 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Bragg-Hawthorne equation |
| Spouse | Maureen Roberts |
| Parent(s) | Alice Bragg, Lawrence Bragg |
Stephen Lawrence Bragg (17 November 1923 – 14 November 2014) was a British
Early life, education and career
He was born on 17 November 1923 to Lawrence Bragg, physicist, X-ray crystallographer and Nobel Prize winner for physics (1915) and his wife Alice Grace Jenny née Hopkinson.[2]
He studied engineering at the University of Cambridge graduating with an BA in 1945 and an MA in 1949. He went on to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology receiving an SM in 1949.[3] He worked for Rolls-Royce between 1951 and 1971, helping develop the Blue Streak missile, and rose to the position of chief scientist, responsible for liaison with universities.[1][4]
Bragg encouraged interactions between academia and industry, and spent five years on the
Bragg was the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on
Personal life
In 1951 he married Maureen Ann (née Roberts) and they had three sons.
References
- ^ a b c "Stephen Bragg". The Times. London. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.(subscription required)
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30845. Retrieved 29 December 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "BRAGG, Stephen Lawrence". Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc,online edn, Oxford University Press, Nov 2015.
- ISBN 978-1784620097. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ Bragg, Stephen (June 1975). "Final report of the Advisory Committee on Falsework" (PDF). Collaborative Reporting on Safer Structures (CROSS-UK). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
External links
- Map of Stephen Bragg Hall at Brunel[permanent dead link] named after him
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