Abstract :
Edward V. Appleton was born at Bradford, Yorkshire, England, in 1892. He studied at St. John´s College, Cambridge, and Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, receiving the M.A. and D.Sc. degrees. During the period of the World War from 1914 to 1920 he was Captain in the Royal Engineers. In 1920 he joined the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, as a demonstrator in physics, in which capacity he served until 1924. From 1924 to date he has been Professor of Physics, Wheatstone Laboratory, King´s College, London, and a member of the Radio Research Board. Professor Appleton was awarded the 1929 Morris Liebmann Memorial Prize for his investigations in the field of wave propagation phenomena. He was appointed to membership on the Committee on Meetings and Papers of the Institute in 1929 and has been an Associate member of the Institute since 1926.
