Born 10 May 1901; died 15 Sep 1971 at age 70.

#Irish #physicist and #X-ray #crystallographer whose seminal contributions to X-ray crystallography were used to determine the #atomic structures of solid compounds.

After graduating from Cambridge, he began research in 1923 at the Royal Institution in London for William Henry Bragg, on the structure of #graphite. By 1927, he returned to Cambridge as the first lecturer in structural crystallography. The range of his #research expanded into #molecular #biology, the origin of life and the #structure and #composition of the #Earth's crust.

Although he never won a #NobelPrize himself, he trained other scientists who did, including Dorothy Hodgkin, Max Perutz, and Aaron Klug. During WWII, he consulted concerning #civiliandefence, effects of #explosions, #RAF #bombing strategy and #post-war rebuilding.

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