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Guglielmo Marconi

1874-04-25 – 1937-07-20

Guglielmo Marconi, portrait, head and shoulders, facing left.Credit: Pach Brothers

Life & Legacy

Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquess of Marconi (25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937), was an Italian electrical 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."
As an entrepreneur and a businessman, Marconi founded The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company (later the Marconi Company) in the United Kingdom in 1897. In 1929, he was ennobled as a marquess (Italian: marchese) by King Victor Emmanuel III, thus becoming the 1st Marchese di Marconi. In 1931, he set up Vatican Radio for Pope Pius XI.

Occupation & Career

physicist, engineer, politician, businessperson, inventor, scientist

Education

University of Bologna

Faith & Community

Catholicism

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order; Nobel Prize in Physics; John Fritz Medal; IEEE Medal of Honor; Wilhelm Exner Medal; Matteucci Medal; New Jersey Hall of Fame; National Inventors Hall of Fame; Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class; Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts; Albert Medal; Franklin Medal; Medalla Plus Ultra; Edison Medal; Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII; Vallauri Prize; Goethe Medal for Art and Science; Grand Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus; Civil Order of Savoy; Knight grand cross of the order of the crown of Italy; Order of Merit for Labour; Inter-Allied Victory Medals; Order of Pius IX; Sovereign Military Order of Malta; Military Order of Saint James of the Sword; Order of Prince Danilo I; Order of Saint Anna; John Scott Award; Vatican Radio

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Albert Medal · Civil Order of Savoy · Edison Medal · Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts · Franklin Medal · Goethe Medal for Art and Science · Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII · Grand Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus · IEEE Medal of Honor · Inter-Allied Victory Medals · John Fritz Medal · John Scott Award · Knight grand cross of the order of the crown of Italy · Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order · Matteucci Medal · Medalla Plus Ultra · Military Order of Saint James of the Sword · National Inventors Hall of Fame · New Jersey Hall of Fame · Nobel Prize in Physics · Order of Merit for Labour · Order of Pius IX · Order of Prince Danilo I · Order of Saint Anna · Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class · Sovereign Military Order of Malta · Vallauri Prize · Wilhelm Exner Medal

Church

Catholicism

Employer

University of St Andrews

Organizations & Memberships

Academy of Sciences of Turin · Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei · Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL · Accademia Tiberina · American Philosophical Society · National Academy of Sciences · Pontifical Academy of Sciences · Royal Academy of Italy · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences