Edward Victor Appleton

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Edward Victor Appleton was a British physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering research on the ionosphere and radio wave propagation.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Physics
human
physicist
radio physicist
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
Doctor of Science
awardReceived Royal Society of Chemistry Faraday Medal
surface form: Faraday Medal

Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
surface form: Fellow of the Royal Society

Hughes Medal
Knight Bachelor
Nobel Prize in Physics
Order of Merit
Royal Medal
causeOfDeath heart attack
conflictParticipatedIn World War I
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1892-09-06
dateOfDeath 1965-04-21
disciplineOfNobelPrize Physics
educatedAt Hanson Grammar School
St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
employer Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
surface form: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (UK)

King’s College London
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Edinburgh
familyName Appleton
fieldOfWork atmospheric physics
ionospheric physics
physics
radio wave propagation
givenName Edward
hasEponym Appleton layer
Appleton–Hartree equation
influenced development of radar technology
knownFor development of methods for radio communication over long distances
discovery of the Appleton layer
experimental confirmation of the ionosphere
research on radio wave propagation in the ionosphere
languageSpoken English
memberOf Royal Society
Royal Society of Edinburgh
middleName Victor
militaryService British Army
nobleTitle Knight Bachelor
Member of the Order of Merit
notableWork investigation of the upper atmosphere using radio waves
placeOfBirth Bradford
England
Yorkshire
placeOfDeath Edinburgh
Scotland
positionHeld Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Cambridge
Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh
Professor of Physics at King’s College London
Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
sexOrGender male
workLocation CAMBRIDGE
surface form: Cambridge

Edinburgh
London, England
surface form: London
yearAwardedNobelPrize 1947

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