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Guglielmo Marconi | |
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 Marconi in 1908 | |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 30 April 1914 – 20 July 1937 | |
| Appointed by | Victor Emmanuel III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi 25 April 1874 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 20 July 1937 (aged 63) Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
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| Known for | |
| Political party | PNF (1923–1937) |
| Spouses |
Beatrice O'Brien
(m. 1905; div. 1924)Maria Cristina Bezzi-Scali
(m. 1927) |
| Children | 5 |
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| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Electrical engineering |
| Employer(s) | Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company |
| Significant advance | Radio |
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Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marchese of Marconi (/mɑːrˈkoʊni/; Italian: [ɡuʎˈʎɛlmo marˈkoːni]; 25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937) was an Italian[1][2][3][4] electrical engineer, inventor, physicist and politician known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based wireless telegraph system.[5] This led to Marconi being credited as the inventor of radio[6] and sharing the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".[7][8][9] His work laid the foundation for the development of radio, television and all modern wireless communication systems.[10]
Marconi was also an entrepreneur and businessman who founded the Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company (which became the Marconi Company) in the United Kingdom in 1897. In 1929, Marconi was ennobled as a marchese by Victor Emmanuel III. In 1931, he set up Vatican Radio for Pope Pius XI.
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- ^ "Guglielmo Marconi: The Nobel Prize in Physics". nobelprize.org. 1909.
- ^ Bondyopadhyay, P. K. (1998). "Sir J.C. Bose diode detector received Marconi's first transatlantic wireless signal of December 1901 (the 'Italian Navy Coherer' Scandal Revisited)". Proceedings of the IEEE. 86: 259. doi:10.1109/5.658778.
- ^ Roy, Amit (8 December 2008). "Cambridge 'pioneer' honour for Bose". The Telegraph. Kolkota. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
- ^ "Marconi forged today's interconnected world of communication". New Scientist. New Scientist Ltd. Retrieved 28 June 2024.