Who is Guglielmo Marconi?

Guglielmo Marconi is Italian inventor and radio pioneer.

How did Guglielmo Marconi die?

Guglielmo Marconi passed away in 1937.

What is Guglielmo Marconi known for?

Guglielmo Marconi is primarily known as a(n) politician, engineer, scientist, physicist, businessperson, inventor.

Guglielmo Marconi

Italian inventor and radio pioneer

Born:April 25, 1874

Died:July 20, 1937

Age at death:63

Manner of death:Natural Causes

Zodiac Sign:Taurus

Born in:Bologna, Italy

Buried in:Italy

Languages:Italian

Politician Engineer Scientist Physicist Businessperson Inventor

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Vatican Radio

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Apparatus Employed in Wireless TelegraphyApparatus Employed in Wireless TelegraphyTransmitting Electrical SignalsWireless Signaling SystemReceiver for Electrical Oscillations

Awards

New Jersey Hall of Fame (2009)National Inventors Hall of Fame (1975)Wilhelm Exner Medal (1934)John Scott Award (1931)Medalla Plus Ultra (1928)

Guglielmo Marconi

Italian inventor and radio pioneer

Biography

Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquess of Marconi (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 his being largely credited as the inventor of radio and sharing the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy." As an entrepreneur and a businessman, Marconi founded The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company (later the Marconi Company) in the United Kingdom in 1897. In 1929, he was ennobled as a marquess (Italian: marchese) by King Victor Emmanuel III, thus becoming the 1st Marchese di Marconi. In 1931, he set up Vatican Radio for Pope Pius XI.

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Quotes

“So be it, let it be so.”

— Marconi 1898, cited in: Alvin K. Benson (2010) Great Lives from History. p. 759; Content of the first wireless signals sent across the Bristol Channel.

“This new form of communication could have some utility.”

— Marconi, 1899: cited in: Simon Saunders, ‎Alejandro Aragón-Zavala (2007) Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communication. p. 361

“Have I done the world good, or have I added a menace?”

— Marconi, 1934: cited in Raboy, Marc (2016) Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World, p. 631

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Photos

Guglielmo Marconi, portrait, head and shoulders, facing left.

Photographer: International Film Service

Title: G. Marconi and E.W. Rice Jr. Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Title: Dr. Irving Langmuir, Marconi Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Eaglehurst - Calshot, England. Built for General Richard Lambart in the early 1800s. At various times, the home of Guglielmo Marconi and architect Clough Williams-Ellis. This is a photo of listed building number 1094366.

Von der Pierre Bergère in Salvan führte der spätere Nobelpreisträger für Physik Guglielmo Marconi erste Experimente mit drahtloser Signalübertragung durch. Eine Plakette auf der Seite des Steins erinnert daran.

Title: G. Marconi Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Title: Everything is radio on Marconi's yacht - a "personal dance" on board the palatial vessel while on the trip to Albany Showing Josephine Young of Riverside, Conn., and J.W. Elwood of New York, equipped with a portable radio outfit dancing to the tunes of a broadcasted fox trot while making the trip to Albany on Senator Guglielmo Marconi's yacht Elettra. Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.