Engineer and entrepreneur
Marconi was born in 1874 and died in 1937. In 1897, he founded The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company in the United Kingdom; it later became the Marconi Company.
Science
Guglielmo Marconi
Developing a practical radio wave-based wireless telegraph system and sharing the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ferdinand Braun.
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian radio-frequency engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, and politician. He developed a practical wireless telegraph system and founded the company later known as the Marconi Company. His connection to Como includes his participation in a 1927 gathering honoring Alessandro Volta.
Worth knowing
Wireless telegraphy
Marconi created a practical telegraph system based on radio waves. In 1909, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Ferdinand Braun for their contributions to wireless telegraphy.
Marquess and Vatican Radio
King Victor Emmanuel III made Marconi the 1st Marquess of Marconi in 1929. In 1931, he set up Vatican Radio for Pope Pius XI.
The 1927 Volta gathering
Marconi participated in a 1927 gathering in Como honoring Alessandro Volta. He appears in the event's group photograph at the Nobel Room in the Carducci Institute.
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Burial place
Basilica of Santa Croce
The burial place of notable Italians like Michelangelo and Galileo.
Traces in other cities
- Como
- Nobel Room at the Carducci Institute — He participated in the 1927 gathering honoring Volta and appears in its celebrated group photograph.
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