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          Edward Victor Appleton was born in Bradford, England, on 6th September, , the son of Peter and Mary Appleton....

          Edward Appleton

          English physicist (1892–1965)

          This article is about the British physicist.

          Sir Edward Appleton was a space physicist, specializing in radio signals.

        1. Sir Edward Appleton was a space physicist, specializing in radio signals.
        2. Sir Edward Appleton was born in Bradford in A gifted scholar, he entered the University of London at the age of 16 after which he studied at St John's.
        3. Edward Victor Appleton was born in Bradford, England, on 6th September, , the son of Peter and Mary Appleton.
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        5. Sir Edward Victor Appleton, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in , was born.

          6. For the American baseball player, see Ed Appleton.

          Sir Edward Victor Appleton (6 September 1892 – 21 April 1965) was an English physicist[2][3] and a pioneer in radiophysics. In 1947, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer".[4] He studied, and was also employed as a lab technician, at Bradford College from 1909 to 1911.

          Biography

          Appleton was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of Peter Appleton, a warehouseman, and Mary Wilcock, and was educated at Hanson Grammar School.[5]

          In 1911, aged 18, he was awarded a scholarship to attend St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with First Class Honours in Natural Science with Physics in 1913.

          He was also a member of Isaac Newton University Lodge.[