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Sir Edward Victor Appleton was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 for his contributions to the knowledge of the ionosphere, which led to the development of radar and shortwave radio.
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Born 6 September 1892 · Died 21 April 1965 · Q153194
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Published “The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship” in Scientific Data — cited 14,760 times.
The Institute of Physics' Chree Medal and Prize (of which Appleton was a recipient) was renamed the Edward Appleton Medal and Prize
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It merged with the Rutherford Laboratory to become the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
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The Radio Research Station was renamed the Appleton Laboratory
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Died 1965-04-21.
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Was the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh
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Won IEEE Medal of Honor (1962).
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Awarded honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1958).
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The BBC invited Appleton to deliver the annual Reith Lectures
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Noticed that values for the F2-Layer differed between Delhi and Baton Rouge
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Helen Allison, a former Women's Royal Naval Service officer, became his private secretary
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Addressed audiences in Sydney, Canberra and Adelaide
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Won Royal Medal (1950).
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Won Albert Medal (1950).
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Sydney in 1952, The Hague in 1954 and Boulder, Colorado, in 1957
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And remained its editor-in-chief until his death in 1965
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Awarded 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.
Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1947).
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Won Chree Medal and Prize (1947).
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"for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer"
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For his contributions to the knowledge of the ionosphere, which led to the development of radar and shortwave radio
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Won Faraday Medal (1946).
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Awarded Guthrie Lecture (1942).
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The National Physical Laboratory's director, Sir Charles Galton Darwin was seconded to the British Mission in Washington, DC
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Moved to the Clarence Hotel in Teddington, near where DSIR headquarters had relocated to the Chemical Research Laboratory in Teddington and the National Physical Laboratory in Bushy Park
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And a master plan called for the redevelopment of George Square, a historic district that had long since fallen on hard times, into a university precinct
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Shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, Appleton became the Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
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To 612 full-time staff and 7,004 students twenty years later
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Won Royal Society Bakerian Medal (1937).
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As Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy and was re-elected as a fellow of St John's College
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As Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy and, when Ernest Rutherford died in October of that year, became acting director of the Cavendish Laboratory
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Won Hughes Medal (1933).
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Awarded IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award (1929).
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And a fellow of the Royal Society in 1927
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Appleton joined the staff of the Cavendish Laboratory as an assistant demonstrator in physics
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The British Army in France found that its ration parties were being engaged by German artillery, who apparently had intelligence of their activities
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Was awarded an exhibition at St John's College, Cambridge, where he obtained a B
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Born 1892-09-06.
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