Sir Edward Victor Appleton

Nobel Prize in Physics 1947

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

Sir Edward Victor Appleton was a British physicist. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physics for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere, especially the discovery of the Appleton layer. He was affiliated with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in the United Kingdom.