Among them were two recent Cambridge graduates, William Astbury and John Desmond Bernal, who became interested in the problem of protein structure--Astbury as a result of being asked by Bragg to provide X-ray diagrams of wool and silk.
Mezi nimi byli i dva čerství absolventi Cambridgeské univerzity, William Astbury a John Desmond Bernal, kteří se začali zabývat problematikou stavby bílkovin - Astbury poté, co jej Bragg požádal, aby pořídil rentgenové snímky vlny a hedvábí.