Guglielmo Marconi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Guglielmo Marconi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Guglielmo Marconi

Italian inventor and radio pioneer

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1874

Place of Birth: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Date of Death: 20-Jul-1937

Profession: businessperson, engineer, politician, physicist, inventor

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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About Guglielmo Marconi

Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi FRSA (Italian: [gu?'??lmo mar'ko?ni]; 25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937) was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer, known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission, development of Marconi's law, and a radio telegraph system.
He is credited as the inventor of radio, and he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".Marconi was also an entrepreneur, businessman, and founder of The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company in the United Kingdom in 1897 (which became the Marconi Company).
He succeeded in making an engineering and commercial success of radio by innovating and building on the work of previous experimenters and physicists.
In 1929, Marconi was ennobled as a Marchese (marquis) by King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, and, in 1931, he set up the Vatican Radio for Pope Pius XI.

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