Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi GCVO | |
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Marconi in 1908 | |
| Member of the Senate of the Kingdom | |
| In office 1914–1937 | |
| Appointed by | Victor Emmanuel III |
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| Born | Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi 25 April 1874 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 20 July 1937 (aged 63) Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Burial place | Mausoleum of Guglielmo Marconi, Emilia-Romagna |
| Monuments | Guglielmo Marconi Memorial, Washington, DC, US |
| Years active | 1894–1937 |
| Known for | Invention of radio
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| Political party | PNF (1923–37) |
| Spouses | Beatrice O'Brien
(m. 1905; div. 1924)Maria Bezzi-Scali (m. 1927) |
| Children | 5 (4 with Beatrice, 1 with Maria) |
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| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Radio-frequency engineering |
| Employer(s) | Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company (founder) |
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| Academic background | |
| Influences | Augusto Righi |
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Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquess of Marconi (/mɑːrˈkoʊni/ mar-KOH-nee;[1] Italian: [ɡuʎˈʎɛlmo marˈkoːni]; 25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937) was an Italian[2][3][4][5] electrical engineer, inventor, and politician known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based wireless telegraph system.[6] This led to Marconi being largely credited as the inventor of radio[7] and sharing the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".[8][9][10] His work laid the foundation for the development of radio, television, and all modern wireless communication systems.[11]
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 marquess (Italian: marchese) by Victor Emmanuel III. In 1931, he set up Vatican Radio for Pope Pius XI.
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Hong, p. 1
- ^ "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.