Guglielmo Marconi sent the first transatlantic radio transmission on Dec. 12, 1901, ushering in an era of communications. His invention helped save 700 Titanic passengers.

Guglielmo Marconi fits Schumpeter’s model down to the last detail and he changed the world economy every bit as much as that model predicts. It has to be said that none of this might have happened ...

In this 1901 photograph, Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi reads signals on a tape recorder, left, with a 10-inch spark coil, right, used in 1901 for ship-to-shore tests.

Guglielmo Marconi was born in Italy in 1874 to a rather wealthy Italian father and Irish mother. He was educated privately and then went to the Livorno Technical Institute.

Marconi’s wireless telegraph sent an SOS signal from the sinking Titanic. “Late in the nineteenth century, Guglielmo Marconi began experimenting with electromagnetic waves to send signals.

Guglielmo Marconi was born in Bologna Italy on April 25, 1874, son of Italian nobleman Giuseppe Marconi and his Scottish/Irish wife, Annie Jameson. Money not being a problem for his family, ...

The memorial to Guglielmo Marconi, who pioneered long-distance radio waves. It was dedicated in 1941 at 16th and Lamont streets NW. Above the bust of Marconi is a female figure representing ...

Saturday was International Marconi Day, when ham radio operators worldwide honor Guglielmo Marconi, who 120 years ago did some of his early wireless work in Babylon.