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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
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gptkbp:awardReceived
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gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:order_of_merit
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1892-09-06
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Bradford,_England
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gptkbp:children
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one daughter
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1965-04-21
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Edinburgh,_Scotland
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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:field
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physics
atmospheric physics
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Edward Victor Appleton
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gptkbp:influenced
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radio communication
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:discovery_of_the_Appleton_layer_(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:occupation
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gptkb:physicist
gptkb:professor
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gptkbp:positionHeld
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Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh
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gptkbp:restingPlace
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gptkb:Morningside_Cemetery,_Edinburgh
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gptkbp:signature
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Edward_Victor_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:John_Ambrose_Fleming
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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