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Guglielmo Marconi

1874–1937 · 20th century

Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor and engineer who developed practical long-distance radio telegraphy. He patented his system in Britain in 1896 and in 1901 received the first transatlantic radio signal, sent from Cornwall to Newfoundland. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909 and from 1930 presided over the Royal Academy of Italy under the Fascist regime.

Guglielmo Marconi
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