Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi | |
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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 | Marconi Museum and Mausoleum, Bologna |
| Known for | Invention of radio
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| Political party | PNF (1923–1937) |
| Spouses | Beatrice O'Brien
(m. 1905; div. 1924)Maria Cristina Bezzi-Scali
(m. 1927) |
| Children | 5 |
| Relatives | James Sligo Jameson (maternal uncle) |
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| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Electrical engineering |
| Sub-discipline | Radio-frequency engineering |
| Years active | 1894–1937 |
| Employer(s) | Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company |
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| Academic background | |
| Influences | Augusto Righi |
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| Notable ideas | Wireless telegraphy |
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Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquess of Marconi (/mɑːrˈkoʊni/ mahr-KOH-nee; Italian: [ɡuʎˈʎɛlmo marˈkoːni]; 25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937) was an Italian electrical engineer, inventor, and politician known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based wireless telegraph system. This led to Marconi being credited as the inventor of radio and sharing the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy". His work laid the foundation for the development of radio, television, and all modern wireless communication systems.
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 (marchese) by Victor Emmanuel III. In 1931, he set up Vatican Radio for Pope Pius XI.