Italian Inventor Guglielmo Marconi

Italian Inventor  Guglielmo Marconi
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Who is Guglielmo Marconi?

Italian Inventor Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian engineer and physicist also in their field . Marconi successfully invented the long-distance wireless telegraph and the radio signal. He majorly contributed to the development of the won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909.

Guglielmo Marconi was born in 1874 in Bologna, Italy to Giuseppe Marconi and Anne Jameson. Both his parents were working. His family had to travel a lot due to their silk business. During these trips, Marconi was tutored by different people.

Few years of Life and School, College, Education

The first few years, he was educated privately in Bologna. He studied languages. Marconi started to read various books on science and electricity. He completed his education at the Livorno Technical institute and then went to the University of Bologna. E developed an interest in the field of electricity at a very young age.

He performed many experiments in a small room in his house. After he completed his education, he entirely focused on his electricity-related projects. His family was very supportive his interests, especially his mother.  

Discovery of Waves

Marconi’s work was heavily influenced by Heinrich Hertz. He was amazed by Hertz’s discovery invisible waves, created by electromagnetic interactions called ‘Hertzian waves’. Marconi was only fourteen when he first head of Hertz’s work.

Wireless Radio Signal developed by Marconi

In 1895, he developed a communication model which made wireless radio signaling possible. So, he set up a laboratory in his father’s home for his experiments. His university professor helped Marconi with his experiments. At the age of 21 he performed his first successful experiment. He sent different signals over a distance of more than one mile.

Went To London with Mother

At the age of 22, Marconi traveled to England with his mother. He found some interested sponsors for his experiments. One of them was the brutish Post Office. London was the commercial and financial hub of England. He wanted to show his experiments to the public who could buy them. Marconi met preece, who was impressed by his experiments and decided to help him financially.  

Wireless Telegraphy and Telegraphy & Signal Company Limited

Marconi performed the first experiment on the rooftops of two buildings in London, which was a success. In 1896, Marconi got the patent for wireless telegraphy. The same year, he decided to open his own company. With the help of his family, he started Wireless Telegraphy & Signal Company Limited. Marconi built the first radio station of the word in 1897. And the next year, he created the world’s first wireless telegraph factory in England.

Established wireless communication & most powerful radio signal broadcast by Marconi  

At the end of the eighteenth century, Marconi sent signals across the English Channel and established wireless communication between France and England. In 1901, he sent the most powerful radio signal broadcast. He made an antenna attached to a balloon. He was the first person to pick up the faint three-dot sequence of the Morse code latter‘s’.  In 1908, Marconi set up a service to send telegrams between the UK and Canada. It was the first commercial use of wireless services.

Award and Achievements of Marconi  

In 1990, he was awarded the Novel Prize in physics, which he shared with Ferdinand Braun. Marconi had many of his inventions patented; one being the ‘magnetic detector’. It was used as a standard wireless receiver for many years.

For his significant contribution to science and technology, he was not only awarded the Novel Prize. In Physics but was also honored with the Albert Medal, the Kelvin Medal and the John Fritz Medal. 

Italian Government rejects Marconi Inventions? And what is the role of Marconi during World War I

In the beginning, most of Marconi’s inventions were rejected by the Italian government. The Italian government later realized how they had filed to respect such a great scientist.

Marconi also served in the Italian navy and army as a lieutenant. During World War I, he helped the military with his wireless services. He started developing the shortwave radio technology. He called it the ‘Marconi radio’ and installed it on ships.

Love Life and Last Day of Life

Marconi married twice and was the father of five children. He died on July, 1937, at the aged of 63, after he suffered from multiple heart attacks. As a tribute, radio stations in America, England and Italy broadcast a few minutes of silence for the great inventor.