Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi FRSA was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer, known for his creation of a practical radio wave–based wireless telegraph system. Wikipedia
Born: April 25, 1874, Palazzo Marescalchi, Bologna, Italy
Died: July 20, 1937 (age 63 years), Rome, Italy
Place of burial: Villa Griffone, Italy
Children: Maria Elettra Elena Anna Marconi, Gioia Marconi Braga, Lucia Marconi, and more
Academic advisor: Augusto Righi
Dates knighted: 1902, 1905, 1929, and more