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Guglielmo Marconi
(1874-1937)
Famous For: Works Radio
and Wireless telegraphy
•This Italian inventor is known
for his pioneering work on the
radiotelegraph system, which
eventually led to him being
recognized as the inventor of the
radio. He received the Nobel Prize
in 1909 along with Karl Ferdinand
Braun for their contribution to
the world of wireless innovations.
In 1900 he took out his famous patent No.
7777 for “tuned or syntonic telegraphy”
and, on a historic day in December 1901,
determined to prove that wireless waves
were not affected by the curvature of the
Earth, he used his system for
transmitting the first wireless signals
across the Atlantic between Poldhu,
Cornwall, and St. John’s, Newfoundland, a
distance of 2100 miles. In 1902, he
patented his magnetic detector, which
then became the standard wireless
receiver for many years.
In 1931 Marconi began research into the
propagation characteristics of still
shorter waves (0.5 meters), resulting
in the opening in 1932 of the world’s
first microwave radiotelephone link
between the Vatican City and the Pope’s
summer residence at Castel Gandolfo.
Marconi was convinced that communication
among people was possible via wireless
radio signaling. Marconi traveled to
England in 1896 to seek a patent for his
apparatus. One was granted to him that
year, the first patent ever granted for
a system of wireless telegraphy.
Guglielmo Marconi
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1909
Born: 25 April 1874, Bologna, Italy
Died: 20 July 1937, Rome, Italy
Affiliation at the time of the
award: Marconi Wireless Telegraph
Co. Ltd., London, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "in recognition
of their contributions to the
development of wireless
telegraphy."