Historical Figure
Guglielmo Marconi
1874–1937
Italian radio-frequency engineer and inventor (1874–1937)
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Key Dates
Birth
1874 April 25, 1874 →Biography
Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquess, was an Italian radio-frequency 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." His work laid the foundation for the development of radio, television, and all modern wireless communication systems.
Timeline
Italian businessman and inventor, developed Marconi's law, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)
April 25 →en Italia, el físico Guglielmo Marconi hace su primera transmisión telegráfica sin hilos.
May 14 →en Londres (Reino Unido), el italiano Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) patenta la radio (que ya Nikola Tesla había patentado en esa misma ciudad).
July 2 →el ingeniero y físico italiano Guglielmo Marconi establece la primera conexión mediante telegrafía sin hilos entre Inglaterra y Francia.
March 27 →Guglielmo Marconi establece una comunicación radiotelegráfica entre las dos orillas del Canal de la Mancha.
March 28 →Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
December 12 →Guglielmo Marconi transmits the first transatlantic radio signal from Poldhu, Cornwall, England to St. John's, Newfoundland.
December 11 →Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland.
October 17 →el inventor italiano Guglielmo Marconi comienza el primer servicio comercial de telegrafía sin hilos entre Glace Bay (Canadá) y Clifden (Irlanda).
October 17 →More from the Victorian Era
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