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Edward Victor Appleton

Scientist · born September 6, 1892 · died 1965

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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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  1. ~41Received the Hughes Medal1933
  2. ~55Received the Nobel Prize in Physics1947
  3. ~58Received the Royal Medal1950
  4. ~70Received the IEEE Medal of Honor1962

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