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The Bragg Family in Adelaide

John Jenkin

出版	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017-10-12
主題	Biography & Autobiography / General
ISBN	19781385639781978138568
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=kjOWtAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

William Henry Bragg was born on 2July 1862. His father, like his father and grandfather before him, had been a seaman, although some time before his marriage he bought a farm near Wrgton in Cumberland (England) and retired from the sea. WHB's mother, née Mary Wood, was the local Vicar's daughter. and at least two of her brothers enjoyed a tertiary education. She was said to have a 'mathematical head', and taught WHB to read before he began school. Otherwise he did not remember his mother very well. for she died in 1869 when he was barely seven years old. Only a few scenes remained, which he lovingly recalled in his later autobiographical notes...