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Professor Sir Edward Victor Appleton
King's College London
Nobel Laureate Ionospheric radio, 1924
Site: Kings College (3 memorials)
WC2, Strand
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Edward Appleton
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Sir Edward Appleton
Born Bradford. Physicist. Professor at King's College London. Nobel Laurea...
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Edward Appleton
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King's College, London
Founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington (then PM). In 1836 Kings...
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Edward Appleton
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