1890–1971
William Lawrence Bragg
Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer
81years old at death
29,676days lived
73%of the people on this site died younger
William Lawrence Bragg was born on 31 March 1890 and died on 1 July 1971, aged 81 years and 92 days. That is 29,676 days in all.
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