Guglielmo Marconi | |
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![]() Marconi in 1909 | |
Born | |
Died | 20 July 1937 Rome, Kingdom of Italy | (aged 63)
Alma mater | University of Bologna |
Known for | Invention of radio |
Spouses |
Beatrice O'Brien
(m. 1905; div. 1924) Maria Cristina Bezzi-Scali
(m. 1927) |
Children | 5 |
Awards |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Academic advisors | Augusto Righi |
Member of the Senate of the Kingdom | |
In office 30 April 1914 – 20 July 1937 | |
Appointed by | Victor Emmanuel III |
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Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi GCVO FRSA (Italian: [ɡuʎˈʎɛlmo marˈkoːni]; 25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937) was an Italian[1][2][3][4] inventor, electrical engineer, 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 winning 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, businessman, and founder of The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company in the United Kingdom in 1897 (which became the Marconi Company). In 1929, Marconi was ennobled as a Marchese (marquis) by King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, and, in 1931, he set up Vatican Radio for Pope Pius XI.
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