Robert Appleby (palaeontologist)

Robert Appleby
Born(1922-04-08)8 April 1922
Died8 February 2004(2004-02-08) (aged 81)
Grimsby, England
NationalityBritish
Scientific career
FieldsPaleontology

Robert Milson Appleby (28 April 1922, in Denton – 8 February 2004, in Grimsby) was a British palaeontologist. Appleby developed the Analogue Video Reshaper, which was used to compare the anatomical structure of fossilised Ichthyosaurs as well as match fingerprints in criminal investigations.