Birthday: April 25, 1874 (Taurus)
Born In: Bologna, Italy
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian engineer and inventor who successfully demonstrated the working of long-distance wireless telegraph and radio signal. This Nobel-prize winner was born into a wealthy and educated family, and was first educated in Bologna and Florence, later moving to a technical school in Leghorn. As a boy he was impressed by the works of Hertz, Maxwell and Lodge. He began experimenting in his father’s estate and was successful in sending wireless signals over short distances, greater than a mile. He took his machine to England where his invention was received with enthusiasm. One of the interested parties was British Post Office. Within a year, his successful endeavour of broadcasting to 12 miles, Marconi applied for his first patent. Determined to establish that wireless waves were not influenced by the curves of Earth, he transmitted his historic wireless signals across the Atlantic. The claims of his transatlantic signal were however never quite verified. Marconi continuously explored the various possibilities of the usage of radio waves beyond the spectrum of telecommunications. His experimentation resulted in discovering the use of microwave in physical therapy. Guglielmo, as an entrepreneur was quite conservative when it came to patents, as he never disclosed the full design until the patent was given to him, allowing him to realize the full monetary benefit
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Also Known As: Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi
Died At Age: 63
Spouse/Ex-: Maria Cristina Bezzi-Scali
mother: Annie Jameson
siblings: Alfonso Marconi
children: Degna Marconi, Gioia Marconi Braga, Giulio Marconi, Lucia Marconi, Maria Eletra Elena Anna Marconi
Born Country: Italy
place of death: Rome, Italy
Ancestry: Italian American, Irish Italian
Grouping of People: Nobel Laureates in Physics
City: Bologna, Italy
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
Notable Alumni: University Of Bologna
Founder/Co-Founder: CMC Electronics, Marconi Company, Marconi Wireless
education: University Of Bologna
awards: 1909 - Nobel Prize in Physics
1920 - IEEE Medal of Honor
1923 - John Fritz Medal
1932 - John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium
1932 - Goethe-Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft
1932 - Lord Kelvin Medal of the Institute of Civil Engineers
1927 - Silver Medal of the Iinternational Mark Twain Society
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