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".
Recieved the first trans-Atlantic radio signal on December 12 1901 in Newfoundland, Canada; it was Morse code for the letter "S."
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