Sir Edward Victor Appleton

Sir Edward Victor Appleton, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1892-09-06 in Bradford, United Kingdom

Gender: male

Field: British atmospheric physicist (1892–1965)

Biography

Sir Edward Victor Appleton was a British atmospheric physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 "for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer".

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1947

Awarded on: 1947-11-13

"for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer"

Affiliations:

  • Department of Scientific and Industrial Research – London, United Kingdom
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