GUGLIELMO MARCONI

BIRTH AND DEATH

Birth: 4/25/1874     Death: 7/20/1937

OCCUPATION

scientist

BIOGRAPHY SUMMARY

Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquess of Marconi 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 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.

NOTABLE WORK

WHY THEY MATTER

Guglielmo Marconi was intellectually unique for his pioneering work in developing a practical radio wave-based wireless telegraph system, which led to him being credited as the inventor of radio. His contributions to wireless telegraphy not only earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909 but also laid the groundwork for the development of radio, television, and modern wireless communication systems, marking him as a groundbreaking figure in the history of technology and communication.

FAMOUS QUOTE

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

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