Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Edward Victor Appleton across 6 places, from 1892 to 1940.
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Sir Edward Victor Appleton (6 September 1892 – 21 April 1965) was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 for his contributions to the knowledge of the ionosphere, which led to the development of radar and shortwave radio.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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6 September 1892exact date
Bradfordattested“Edward Victor Appleton was born on 6 September 1892 in Bradford, England, the eldest child of Peter Appleton, a clerk who worked in a warehouse of Charles Senior & Co., and Mary Wilcock.”source: Wikipedia: Edward Victor Appleton
October 1924month
King's College Londonattested“In October 1924, Appleton was appointed Wheatstone Professor of Physics at King's College London.”source: Wikipedia: Edward Victor Appleton
1936year
Cambridgeattested“Appleton returned to Cambridge in 1936 as Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy and was re-elected as a fellow of St John's College.”source: Wikipedia: Edward Victor Appleton
Putneyattested“Appleton's home in Putney was damaged in the Blitz in September 1940, and the family, now reduced to three after Rosalind married William Lamont, a Church of England minister who joined the Royal Navy in 1941, moved to the Clarence Hotel…”source: Wikipedia: Edward Victor Appleton
September 1940month
Teddingtonattested“Appleton's home in Putney was damaged in the Blitz in September 1940, and the family, now reduced to three after Rosalind married William Lamont, a Church of England minister who joined the Royal Navy in 1941, moved to the Clarence Hotel…”source: Wikipedia: Edward Victor Appleton
September 1940month
Park Hotel, Teddingtonattested“Appleton's home in Putney was damaged in the Blitz in September 1940, and the family, now reduced to three after Rosalind married William Lamont, a Church of England minister who joined the Royal Navy in 1941, moved to the Clarence Hotel…”source: Wikipedia: Edward Victor Appleton
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1911year
St John's College, Cambridgementioned“In 1911, he was awarded an exhibition at St John's College, Cambridge, where he obtained a B.A.”source: Wikipedia: Edward Victor Appleton
1915year
Francementioned“In 1915, the British Army in France found that its ration parties were being engaged by German artillery, who apparently had intelligence of their activities.”source: Wikipedia: Edward Victor Appleton
Zurichmentioned“He was president of the International Union of Scientific Radio (URSI) from 1934 to 1952, and attended its general assemblies in Zurich in 1950, Sydney in 1952, The Hague in 1954 and Boulder, Colorado, in 1957.”source: Wikipedia: Edward Victor Appleton
1942year
Washington, DCmentioned“In 1942, the National Physical Laboratory's director, Sir Charles Galton Darwin was seconded to the British Mission in Washington, DC.”source: Wikipedia: Edward Victor Appleton
1952year
Sydneymentioned“On the trip to Australia in 1952, he addressed audiences in Sydney, Canberra and Adelaide.”source: Wikipedia: Edward Victor Appleton
1952year
Australiamentioned“On the trip to Australia in 1952, he addressed audiences in Sydney, Canberra and Adelaide.”source: Wikipedia: Edward Victor Appleton
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