Editing Edward Appleton (section)

== Honours and awards ==
Appleton was awarded the following:
* Fellow of the [[Royal Society]] (1927)<ref name="frs"/>
* Foreign Honorary Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (1936)<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=19 April 2011}}</ref>
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] (1947)
* [[Faraday Medal]]
* [[Hughes Medal]]
* [[Royal Medal]]
* [[Appleton Medal and Prize|Chree Medal]]
In addition the following are named in his honour:
* [[Rutherford Appleton Laboratory]]
* [[Appleton Medal and Prize]]
* Appleton Suite at Bradford Register Offices
* [[Appleton Tower]] at the [[University of Edinburgh]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060509035854/http://www.bilk.ac.uk/college/depts/science/ Appleton Science Building] at [[Bradford College]]
* [[Appleton Academy]], a school in the [[Wyke, Bradford|Wyke]] area of the City of Bradford
* [[Appleton (crater)|Appleton]] crater on the [[Moon]] is named in his honour.
* Appleton Layer, which is the higher atmospheric ionised layer above the E-layer
* Annual [http://www.theiet.org/events/appleton/ Appleton Lecture] at the [[Institution of Engineering and Technology]]