Guglielmo Marconi Biography

Guglielmo Marconi biography

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NAME: Guglielmo Marconi
OCCUPATION: Inventor, Physicist
BIRTH DATE: April 25, 1874
DEATH DATE: July 20, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH: Bologna, Italy
PLACE OF DEATH: Rome, Italy

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Guglielmo Marconi was a Nobel Prize winning physicist and inventor, credited with the ground breaking work necessary for all future radio technology.

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Guglielmo Marconi was a Nobel Prize winning physicist and inventor, credited with the ground breaking work necessary for all future radio technology. Marconi received his first patent in England for a system of wireless telegraphy. In 1901, Marconi successfully sent wireless signals across the Atlantic Ocean, disproving the dominant belief of the Earth's curvature affecting transmission.