Edward Victor Appleton - Legacy

Legacy

• the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
• the Appleton Tower at the University of Edinburgh
• the Appleton Science Building at Bradford College
• Appleton Academy, an up and coming new school, which will replace Wyke Manor School and High Fernley Primary School in the Wyke district of South Bradford. This will be the first 'through-school' in West Yorkshire.
• The crater Appleton on the Moon is named in his honour.
• The Appleton Layer, which is the higher atmospheric ionized layer above the E-layer
• The annual Appleton Lecture at the Institute of Engineering Technology, IET.
• Likely inspiration for the pseudonym Victor Appleton – the fictitious author of the Tom Swift series of novels
• Appleton Academy in Bradford Wyke