Edward Victor Appleton

@Physicists, Birthday and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Sir Edward Victor Appleton was an English physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 British University Of Edinburgh Scientists Physicists Virgo Celebrities Sir Edward Victor Appleton was an English physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947. He discovered a layer of the ionosphere, which is a dependable reflector of radio waves, during experiments he carried out in the mid-1920s. Born in England as the son of a warehouseman, Appleton grew up to be a brilliant student with interests in varied subjects and excelled in science and mathematics as well as in the study of literature and language. After completing his schooling he won a scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge. He graduated with first-class honors and immediately began postgraduate work in crystallography. However, the World War I began and interrupted his research work. After serving in the war as a commissioned officer he returned to his research work and started working on radio waves. Atmospheric physics was one field he was passionate about and he embarked on a series of experiments which proved the existence of a layer in the upper atmosphere which eventually became known as the ionosphere. The detection of the ionosphere and its layers played a great role in the development of radio research. The Radio and Space Research Station was renamed the Appleton Laboratory in his honour, in 1974.

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Birthday: September 6, 1892 Died on: April 21, 1965 Nationality: British Famous: University Of Edinburgh, Scientists, Physicists Known as: Sir Edward Victor Appleton Universities: University Of Edinburgh King's College London University of Edinburgh St John's College Cambridge University of Cambridge University of London Notable Alumnis: University Of Edinburgh Information Detail Birthday September 6, 1892 Died on April 21, 1965 Nationality British Famous University Of Edinburgh, Scientists, Physicists Known as Sir Edward Victor Appleton Universities University Of Edinburgh King's College London University of Edinburgh St John's College Cambridge University of Cambridge University of London Notable Alumnis University Of Edinburgh Birth Place Bradford Gender Male Sun Sign Virgo Born in Bradford Famous as Physicist Died at Age 72

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He married Jessie, daughter of the Rev. J. Longson, in 1915. The couple had two daughters. Unsplash Personal Life

He died on 21 April 1965, at the age of 72, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Unsplash Personal Life

Edward Victor Appleton was born on September 6, 1892 in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England to Peter Appleton, a warehouseman, and Mary Wilcock. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He received his primary education from Hanson Grammar School. He excelled in his studies and displayed a keen interest in science and mathematics. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

At the age of 16 he entered the University of London. After a couple of years he won a scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge. He graduated with a first class degree in Natural Sciences in 1913. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Following his graduation, he immediately began postgraduate work in crystallography with the distinguished physicist Sir Lawrence Bragg. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

The World War I broke out in 1914 and interrupted his research work. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Edward Victor Appleton became a commissioned officer during the World War I. He joined the West Riding Regiment, and later transferred to the Royal Engineers. During his war service he was introduced to radio, a means of communication then in its infancy in the military. This kindled in him an interest in radio waves. Unsplash Career

After the war he joined the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge in 1920 as the assistant demonstrator in experimental physics. There he worked in collaboration with Balthazar van der Pol and the two began an investigation of the operation of radio vacuum tubes. Unsplash Career

In 1924, he was appointed Wheatstone professor of physics at King’s College, University of London. There he gained much prominence for his research into the propagation of electromagnetic waves and detected the existence of a layer of ionosphere which came to be known as the F layer of ionization. He was aided in his research by a young graduate student from New Zealand named Miles Barnett. Unsplash Career

The layer of ionosphere he detected was eventually named Appleton–Barnett layer after him and Miles Barnett. The discovery of this layer helped in the development of more reliable long-range radio communication. Unsplash Career

He was appointed Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Cambridge in 1936 and served there till 1939. Unsplash Career

Sir Edward Victor Appleton is best remembered for discovering a specific layer of the ionosphere. The layer, called the F layer of the ionosphere, also called the Appleton–Barnett layer, named after him and New Zealander Miles Barnett, has the highest concentration of free electrons and ions anywhere in the atmosphere. Unsplash Major Works

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Birthday	September 6, 1892
Died on	April 21, 1965
Nationality	British
Famous	University Of Edinburgh, Scientists, Physicists
Known as	Sir Edward Victor Appleton
Universities	University Of Edinburgh King's College London University of Edinburgh St John's College Cambridge University of Cambridge University of London
Notable Alumnis	University Of Edinburgh
Birth Place	Bradford
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Virgo
Born in	Bradford
Famous as	Physicist
Died at Age	72

Edward Victor Appleton

British

Sep 6, 1892

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