MARCONI, GUGLIELMO

born April 25, 1874, Bologna, Italy died July 20, 1937, Rome Marconi, c. 1908. Italian physicist and inventor of a successful system of radio telegraphy (1896). In 1909 he received the Nobel Prize for Physics, which he shared with German physicist Ferdinand Braun. He later worked on the development of shortwave wireless communication, which constitutes the basis of nearly all modern long-distance radio. Additional reading Degna Marconi, My Father, Marconi (1962); W.P. Jolly, Marconi (1972); W.J. Baker, A History of the Marconi Company (1970).