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Guglielmo Marconi


 

Guglielmo Marconi, GCVO (25 April 187420 July 1937) was an Italian electrical engineer and Nobel laureate, known for the development of a practical wireless telegraphy system commonly known as the "radio". Marconi was President of the Accademia d'Italia and a member of the Fascist Grand Council of Italy.

Background

Marconi was born near to Bologna, Italy, the second son of Giuseppe Marconi, an Italian landowner, and his Irish wife, Annie Jameson, granddaughter of the founder of the Jameson & Sons Distillery on 25 April 1874. He was educated in Florence and, later, in Livorno.

Related Topics:
Bologna - Italy - Jameson & Sons Distillery - 25 April - 1874 - Florence - Livorno

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