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What role did Guglielmo Marconi have at the Paris peace conference in 1919?
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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.
At the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, the Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi served as a plenipotentiary delegate for Italy. In this official capacity, he signed the peace treaties with Austria and Bulgaria on behalf of his country.12