This is an account of Marconi's life that discusses all of his discoveries up to his Nobel Prize awarded in 1909 for physics. Additional links for extra information are also provided.

A number of distinguished scientists had a hand in the discovery of "wireless telegraphy," but it was the work done by Guglielmo Marconi that is credited with providing the basis of radio as we know it today.

Provides some short biographical information on Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937 CE). Discusses Marconi's scientific accomplishments.

This site chronicles the father of wireless communication. Examines his life and how his accomplishments affected both society and warfare.

Provides some short biographical information on Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937 CE). Discusses Marconi's scientific accomplishments.

An image of Guglielmo Marconi.

An image of Guglielmo Marconi.

An image of Guglielmo Marconi.

Marconi Obelisk, EUR (Rome)

An image of Guglielmo Marconi.

An image of Guglielmo Marconi.

A portrait of Guglielmo Marconi from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.

A portrait of Guglielmo Marconi from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.

A portrait of Guglielmo Marconi from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.

Creators of the radio

(1875- ) Italian electrical engineer famous as the inventor of wireless telegraphy

(1874-1937) Italian inventor and Nobel Prize winner for his invention of wireless telegraphy.

An Italian inventor who is best known for his development of a radio telegraph system.

Engineer and inventor, born near Bologna, Italy, in 1875. He developed material results in wireless telegraphy.

An image of "Christ and the Adulteress", created by Rocco Marconi, c. 1525 (Oil on canvas, 131 x 197 cm).

Biographical survey of people who had an impact on 20th century technology and science, including Wallace Carothers, Rachel Carson, Lee de Forest, Henry Ford, Jay Forrester, Grace Murray Hopper, Guglielmo Marconi, William Shockley,...

Look back in time at some of the people who invented the first technologies for communicating across time and distance that form the foundations of today's information society.

The Nobel Foundation provides a lecture given by Nanny Froman at the Royal Swedish Academy of Science in Sotckholm, Sweden. "Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radium" is organized into several sections including:...

This exhibition explores the development, rise, and adaptation of the radio and its impact on American culture.