Sir Edward Victor Appleton

Sir Edward Victor Appleton, Nobel Laureate

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

Gender: male

Field: English physicist (1892–1965)

Biography

Sir Edward Victor Appleton was an English 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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