Guglielmo Marconi

25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937

Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer known as a pioneer of long-distance radio transmission and for developing a practical system of wireless telegraphy. He shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun for contributions to wireless communication.

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Born in Bologna, Italy
25 April 1874

Marconi was born to Italian landowner Giuseppe Marconi and his Irish wife Annie Jameson.

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Conducted early wireless experiments at the family estate near Bologna
1894 – 1895

Largely self-taught and mentored informally by physicist Augusto Righi, Marconi transmitted radio signals over increasing distances at Villa Griffone.

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Moved to England to develop and commercialize wireless telegraphy
1896

Finding little interest in Italy, Marconi traveled to London, where William Preece of the British Post Office supported his demonstrations.

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Founded the Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company
July 1897

Marconi established the company in London to exploit his patents; it later became Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company.

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Granted British patent for wireless telegraphy
2 July 1897

Marconi received British patent No. 12039, the first patent for a system of telegraphy using Hertzian waves.

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Reported first transatlantic radio signal
12 December 1901

Marconi announced receiving the Morse letter 'S' transmitted from Poldhu, Cornwall, at Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland.

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Married Beatrice O'Brien
16 March 1905

Marconi married the Irish aristocrat Beatrice O'Brien; the marriage produced three surviving children and was later annulled.

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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics
10 December 1909

Marconi shared the prize with Karl Ferdinand Braun in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy.

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Married Maria Cristina Bezzi-Scali
June 1927

After his first marriage was annulled, Marconi married Maria Cristina Bezzi-Scali in Rome.

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Died in Rome, Italy
20 July 1937

Marconi died of a heart attack at the age of 63; radio stations worldwide observed minutes of silence in tribute.

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