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Guglielmo Marconi
Radio Transmission
Born 1874 ๐ฎ๐น Italy 1895
๐ก Known For
1
First long-distance wireless radio transmission (1901, across the Atlantic)
2
Nobel Prize in Physics (1909)
3
His radio equipment was on the Titanic; helped save 710 survivors (1912)
Nobel Prize 1909; saved lives at sea (Titanic)
Quick Facts
Field
๐ก Daily Life
Country
๐ฎ๐น Italy
Born
1874
Key Year
1895
Invention
Radio Transmission