Edward Victor Appleton Scientist

Sir Edward Victor Appleton, GBE, KCB, FRS (6 September 1892 – 21 April 1965) was an English physicist. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 for his seminal work proving the existence of the ionosphere during experiments carried out in 1924.

Personal facts

Edward Victor Appleton
Birth dateSeptember 06, 1892
Birth nameEdward Victor Appleton
Birth place
England , Bradford , West Yorkshire
Nationality
England
Date of deathApril 21, 1965
Place of death
Edinburgh , Scotland
Education
St John's College Cambridge
Known for
Ionosphere
F region

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Scientist

academic advisor
awards
Hughes Medal
Royal Society
Faraday Medal
Appleton Medal and Prize
Royal Medal
Field of study
Physics
notable student

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External resources

  1. http://conferences.theiet.org/lectures/appleton/index.htm
  2. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1947/appleton-bio.html
  3. http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1947/index.html
  4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/appleton_edward.shtml
  5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h9lkv
  6. http://www.bbc.co.uk/reithlectures
  7. http://www.bilk.ac.uk/college/depts/science
  8. http://www.theiet.org/events/appleton