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From which place in England did Guglielmo Marconi’s 1901 transatlantic signal originate?
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Guglielmo Marconi
Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi, shown here about 1908, invented a successful wireless telegraph (that is, a radio) in 1896.
Guglielmo Marconi’s 1901 transatlantic radio signal originated from a station in Poldhu, located in Cornwall, England.2
On December 12, 1901, Marconi successfully received this signal—the Morse code letter "S"—at St. John’s, Newfoundland, marking a historic milestone in the development of long-distance radio communication.12