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Guglielmo Marconi, (born April 25, 1874, Bologna, Italy—died July 20, 1937, Rome), Italian physicist and inventor of a successful wireless telegraph, or radio (1896). In 1909 he received the Nobel Prize for Physics, which he shared with German physicist Ferdinand Braun .

Italian inventor and engineer Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) developed, demonstrated and marketed the first successful long-distance wireless telegraph and in 1901 broadcast the first...

Guglielmo Marconi Biographical . G uglielmo Marconi was born at Bologna, Italy, on April 25, 1874, the second son of Giuseppe Marconi, an Italian country gentleman, and Annie Jameson, daughter of Andrew Jameson of Daphne Castle in the County Wexford, Ireland. He was educated privately at Bologna, Florence and Leghorn.

(1874-1937) Who Was Guglielmo Marconi? Guglielmo Marconi was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor credited with the groundbreaking work necessary for all future radio technology....

Guglielmo Marconi was born in Bologna, Italy, on April 25, 1874. An inquisitive scientist and researcher, at the age of 35 Marconi would earn the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics (shared with Karl Ferdinand Braun), for his contributions to 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” Prize share: 1/2

Guglielmo Marconi, (born April 25, 1874, Bologna, Italy—died July 20, 1937, Rome), Italian physicist and inventor. He began experimenting with radio waves in 1894.

In spite of the opinion expressed by some distinguished mathematicians that the curvature of Earth would limit practical communication by means of electric waves to a distance of 161–322 km (100–200 miles), Marconi succeeded in December 1901 in receiving at St. John’s, Newfoundland, signals transmitted across the Atlantic Ocean from Poldhu in Co...