Edward Victor Appleton ( 1892 - 1965 )

Birth: Bradford, Yorkshire, England ( 06 September 1892) Death: Edinburgh (21 April 1965) Research Field: Radio physics Education: Hanson Grammar School Bradford; BA in Natural Science at St Hon's College, Cambridge (1913-14); Won Wiltshire Prize (1913); Hutchinson Research Studentship (1914); MA; DSc Career: In the West Riding Regiment, transferring to the Royal Engineers (1914-1918); Returned to Cambridge, research on radio waves, and after 1919 to scientific problems in atmospheric physics.