Summary
Stephen Lawrence Bragg (17 November 1923 – 14 November 2014) was a British engineer who was Vice Chancellor of Brunel University from 1971 to 1981.[1] He was the son of Lawrence Bragg and grandson of William Henry Bragg.
Stephen Lawrence Bragg | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 November 1923 |
| Died | 14 November 2014 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | University of Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | engineer, academic |
| Employer(s) | Rolls-Royce Brunel University |
| Known for | Bragg-Hawthorne equation |
| Spouse | Maureen Roberts |
| Parent(s) | Alice Bragg, Lawrence Bragg |
Early life, education and career edit
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 University Grants Committee. In 1971 he left Rolls-Royce, three days before it was declared insolvent, and became Vice Chancellor of Brunel University. In 1981 he returned to Cambridge as director of the Industrial Cooperation Unit and Fellow of Wolfson College.[1]
Bragg was the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Falsework that published its Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Falsework in June 1975.[5]
Personal life edit
In 1951 he married Maureen Ann (née Roberts) and they had three sons.
References edit
- ^ a b c "Stephen Bragg". The Times. London. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.(subscription required)
- ^ Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/30845. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30845. Retrieved 29 December 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "BRAGG, Stephen Lawrence". Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc,online edn, Oxford University Press, Nov 2015.
- ^ Squire, William (28 July 2014). University Fundraising in Britain: A Transatlantic Partnership. Matador. p. 9. 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 edit
- Map of Stephen Bragg Hall at Brunel[permanent dead link] named after him