Guglielmo Marconi

Guglielmo Marconi
Marconi in 1909
Born
Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi

(1874-04-25)25 April 1874
Died20 July 1937(1937-07-20) (aged 63)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
NationalityItalian
Alma materUniversity of Bologna
Known forRadio
Awards
Scientific career
Academic advisorsAugusto Righi
Member of the Senate of the Kingdom
In office
30 April 1914 – 20 July 1937
Appointed byVictor Emmanuel III
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Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi FRSA (Italian: [ɡuʎˈʎɛlmo marˈkoːni]; 25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937) was an Italian[1][2][3][4] inventor and electrical engineer, known for his creation of a practical radio wave–based wireless telegraph system.[5] This led to Marconi's being credited as the inventor of radio,[6] and he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".[7][8][9]

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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  2. ^ "This week in tech". The Daily Telegraph. 28 April 2017. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Guglielmo Marconi". History. 27 March 2023.
  4. ^ Gavin Weightman, The Industrial Revolutionaries: The Making of the Modern World 1776–1914, Grove/Atlantic, Inc. 2010. p. 357.
  5. ^ Bondyopadhyay, Prebir K. (1995). "Guglielmo Marconi – The father of long distance radio communication – An engineer's tribute". 25th European Microwave Conference, 1995. p. 879. doi:10.1109/EUMA.1995.337090. S2CID 6928472.
  6. ^ Hong, p. 1
  7. ^ "Guglielmo Marconi: The Nobel Prize in Physics". nobelprize.org. 1909.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.

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