Marquess Guglielmo Marconi

1874 - 1937  (63 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Guglielmo Marconi
  Prefix	Marquess
  Birth	25 Apr 1874	Bologna, Italia
  Gender	Male
  Prominent People	1909
  Nobel Prize for Physics
  Death	20 Jul 1937
  Person ID	I346911	Geneagraphie
  Links To	This person is also Guglielmo Marconi at Wikipedia
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2002

  
  

  Father	Giuseppe Marconi   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Annie Jameson,   b. Éire d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F141072	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Donna Maria Cristina Bezzi Scali,   b. 1 Apr 1900   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. Living
  Family ID	F137288	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2001

  
  

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  		Birth - 25 Apr 1874 - Bologna, Italia  = Link to Google Earth
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  http://www.fgm.it/ http://www.fgm.it/ing/perc/perc1/marccen.html September 1895 not with standing his relative lack of formal education, undertakes the first crucial experiment demonstrating that radio transmission is feasible 1897 - 1901 subsequently founds the Wireless Telegraph and Signal Co.Ltd. in London and makes the first radio transmission across The Channel 12 December 1901 the letter "S" transmitted across the Atlantic December 1909 receives Nobel Prize for physics 1920 - 1930 experiments with short wave band 25 March 1930 from his yacht Elettra in the Mediterranean, switches on the lights at the World Exhibition at Sydney 19 September 1930 Mussolini nominates him Chairman of the Italian Academy 20 July 1937 Guglielmo Marconi dies: radios all over the world observe a minute's silence