Guglielmo Marconi - Florence, Italy
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A marble plaque and bronze profile portrait of Guglielmo Marconi is located on the left wall of the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy.
Waymark Code: WM11HH5
Location: Toscana, Italy
Date Posted: 10/27/2019
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A memorial honoring Italian-Irish electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi was placed in the Basilica of Santa Croce on the 100th anniversary of his invention of radio.
The bronze plaque shows Marconi in left profile. He is wearing a suit and tie. The plaque is inscribed:
GUGLIELMO MARCONI
1872 - 1937
Below a marble plaque is inscribed:
GUGLIELMO MARCONI
INVENTORE DELLA RADIO
L'OPERA DE SANTA CROCE
NEL PRIMO CENTENARIO
DELL'INVENZIONE
POSE QUESTO RICORDO
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GUGLIELMO MARCONI
INVENTOR OF THE RADIO
THE WORK OF SANTA CROCE
THE FIRST CENTENARY
OF THE INVENTION
PLACED THIS MEMORIAL
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Guglielmo Marconi was an electrical engineer of Italian and Irish descent. He was born into a noble Italian family on April 25, 1874. He studied at the University of Bologna under physicist Augusto Righi, and at the Istituto Cavallero in Florence.
At age 20 he began his experiments with radio telegraphy as was able to send electrical signals wirelessly for short distances. He improved his methods and eventually was able to achieve wireless radio transmission over long distance and even across the Atlantic Ocean. This made ship to shore