Italian-born founder of the [Marconi corporation]
?. The 1909 recipient of the
Nobel Prize in physics. Although many scientists and inventors contributed to the invention of
wireless telegraphy, including
Ørsted,
Faraday,
Hertz,
Tesla,
Edison, and others, Marconi's was the first practical system to achieve widespread use, so he is often credited as the "father of radio".
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