Sir Edward Victor Appleton

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_Edward_Victor_Appleton
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkb:physicist
gptkb:scientist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Albert_Medal
gptkb:Faraday_Medal
gptkb:Hughes_Medal
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate 1892-09-06
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Bradford,_England
gptkbp:children one daughter
gptkbp:containsWorkBy gptkb:Appleton-Hartree_equation
gptkb:Appleton_layer
research on radio wave propagation
gptkbp:deathDate 1965-04-21
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Edinburgh,_Scotland
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:J._J._Thomson
gptkbp:employer gptkb:King's_College_London
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:field physics
atmospheric physics
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:FRS
gptkb:FRSE
gptkb:OM
Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Edward Victor Appleton
gptkbp:influenced ionospheric research
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
gptkb:J._J._Thomson
gptkbp:knownFor discovery of the Appleton layer
research on the ionosphere
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:militaryConflict gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Royal_Engineers_Signal_Service
gptkb:Royal_Engineers
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1947
investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere, especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer
gptkbp:positionHeld Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh
Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Cambridge
gptkb:Edinburgh
gptkbp:signature Appleton_Edward_signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Helen_Lennie
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Edward_Appleton
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