Appleton, Sir Edward Victor, (1892-1965), physicist

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Surname:	Appleton
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Edward Victor
Gender:	Male
Date:	1892-1965
History:	1947 Nobel prize physicist; researcher in scientific problems of wireless telegraphy. Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1939-1949. Knighted 1941.
Biography:	ODNB link for Appleton, Sir Edward Victor (1892-1965), Knight, physicist
References:	DNB, 1992; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275688 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P136431 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Edward Victor Appleton

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1945-1948: Sir Patrick Abercrombie: 1948 tour to Australia, lecturing on town planning. Lady Allen...	The National Archives, Kew	BW 83/1
2	1916-65: corresp and papers	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	Coll-37	NRA 24825
3	misc corresp	Medical Research Council		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
4	1940-48: corresp with Sir James Chadwick	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	CHAD I 25/1, IV 10/49	NRA 24569
5	1940-55: corresp with Lord Cherwell	Oxford University: Nuffield College Library	CSAC 80.4.81	NRA 16447
6	1943-46: corresp with Sir Henry Dale	The National Archives	CAB127/224
7	1942-52: corresp with AV Hill	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	AVHL	NRA 28116
8	1925-36: letters (396) to John Ashworth Ratcliffe	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	Gen 1985
9	1924-36: letters to Sir Owen Richardson	University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library		NRA 22337 Richardson
10	1936-46: corresp with Sir Henry Tizard	Imperial War Museum (IWM) Department of Documents	HTT	NRA 24549 Tizard
11	1963: misc notes	Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives	SC MSS 186	See Annual Return 2009