Edward Appleton

Sir Edward Appleton KCB FRS
Appleton in 1947
Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh
In office 1949–1965
Chancellor	Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Preceded by	John Fraser
Succeeded by	Michael Swann
Personal details
Born	Edward Victor Appleton (1892-09-06)6 September 1892 Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	21 April 1965(1965-04-21) (aged 72) Edinburgh, Scotland
Resting place	Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh
Education	Hanson Grammar School
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge
Known for	Proving the existence of the Kennelly–Heaviside layer (1924)
Spouses	Jessie Longson ​ ​ (m. 1915; died 1962)​ Helen Lennie ​ (m. 1965)​
Children	2
Awards	FRS (1927)[1] Hughes Medal (1933) Faraday Medal (1946) Nobel Prize in Physics (1947) Chree Medal and Prize (1947) Royal Medal (1950) Albert Medal (1950) IRE Medal of Honor (1962)
Honours	Order of the Bath (Knight Commander, 1941)
Scientific career
Fields	Atmospheric physics
Institutions	Cavendish Laboratory (1920–1924) King's College London (1924–1936) University of Cambridge Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (secretary, 1939–1949)
Academic advisors	Ernest Rutherford[2] J. J. Thomson[2]
Notable students	Karl George Emeléus[2] Charles Oatley[2] J. A. Ratcliffe[2]
7th Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy
In office 1936–1939
Preceded by	C. T. R. Wilson
Succeeded by	John Cockcroft

Sir Edward Victor Appleton (6 September 1892 – 21 April 1965) was an English atmospheric physicist^[3][4] who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 "for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer".^[5]