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Born April 25, 1874 • Bologna • Italy
Died July 20, 1937 (aged 63) • Rome • Italy
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1909)
Inventions radiotelegraphy
Subjects Of Study Hertzian wave

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Guglielmo Marconi wearing headphones and writing at a desk surrounded by radio equipment in the wireless room of his yacht Electra, circa 1920.
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