Guglielmo Marconi | |
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Born | |
Died | 20 July 1937 Rome, Italy | (aged 63)
Alma mater | University of Bologna |
Known for | Radio |
Awards | Nobel Prize for Physics (1909) |
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Guglielmo Marconi (25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937) was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer. He was a pioneer of long-distance radio transmission. which he used to build up a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often named as the inventor of radio. He shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun.