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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:human
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gptkbp:awardReceived
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gptkb:Albert_Medal
gptkb:Faraday_Medal
gptkb:Hughes_Medal
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Royal_Medal
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gptkbp:causeOfDeath
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cerebral thrombosis
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gptkbp:dateOfBirth
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1892-09-06
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gptkbp:dateOfDeath
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1965-04-21
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gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor
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gptkb:J._J._Thomson
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gptkbp:educatedAt
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gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
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gptkbp:employer
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gptkb:King's_College_London
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
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gptkbp:fieldOfWork
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physics
radio wave propagation
ionospheric physics
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Edward V. Appleton
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gptkbp:knownFor
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discovery of the Appleton layer
research on the ionosphere
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
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gptkbp:nationality
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British
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gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation
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for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer
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gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear
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1947
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gptkbp:nobleTitle
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gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
Sir
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gptkbp:notableStudent
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gptkb:Charles_Oatley
gptkb:Louis_Essen
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:physicist
gptkb:professor
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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gptkb:Bradford,_England
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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gptkb:Edinburgh,_Scotland
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gptkbp:positionHeld
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Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh
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gptkbp:signature
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Edward V. Appleton signature.svg
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Helen_Lennie
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:F2_layer
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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