Marconi
Encyclopedia
People
- Guglielmo MarconiGuglielmo MarconiGuglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often credited as the inventor of radio, and indeed he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand...
, Italian-born radio pioneer - David MarconiDavid MarconiDavid Marconi is an American screenwriter and film director. His writing credits include the screenplays for Enemy of the State and Live Free or Die Hard.-Filmography:*Rumble Fish...
, American screenwriter - Dominic Anthony MarconiDominic Anthony MarconiDominic Anthony Marconi is an American Roman Catholic titular bishop of Bure and retired auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey....
, American Roman Catholic bishop - Enrico MarconiEnrico MarconiEnrico Marconi, known in Poland as Henryk Marconi , was an Italian architect who spent most of his life in Congress Poland....
, also known as Henryk Marconi, architect - Gloria MarconiGloria MarconiGloria Marconi is an Italian long-distance runner.She was born in Florence. On the track she finished fifth in the 5000 metres and 24th in the 10,000 metres at the 2002 European Championships. She became Italian 5000 metres champion in 2002 and 2004, and 10,000 metres champion in 2003 and 2006...
, Italian long-distance runner - Leandro MarconiLeandro MarconiLeandro Marconi was a Polish architect, active mainly in Warsaw. His father was Enrico Marconi, also a famed architect associated with that city, while his cousin was Leonard Marconi, a sculptor....
, architect, son of Enrico Marconi
Businesses
- Marconi CompanyMarconi CompanyThe Marconi Company Ltd. was founded by Guglielmo Marconi in 1897 as The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company...
, founded by Guglielmo Marconi- Marconi Electronic SystemsMarconi Electronic SystemsMarconi Electronic Systems , or GEC-Marconi as it was until 1998, was the defence arm of The General Electric Company . It was demerged from GEC and acquired by British Aerospace on November 30, 1999 to form BAE Systems...
- Telent, formerly Marconi plc
- Marconi Electronic Systems
- Alenia Marconi SystemsAlenia Marconi SystemsAlenia Marconi Systems was a major European integrated defence electronics company and an equal shares joint venture between BAE Systems and Finmeccanica until its dissolution on May 3, 2005....
, former British-Italian defence electronics company - Matra Marconi SpaceMatra Marconi SpaceMatra Marconi Space was a Franco-British aerospace company.-History:Matra Marconi Space was established in 1990 as a joint venture between the space and telecommunication divisions of the Lagardère Group and the GEC group .The merged company was announced in December 1989 and was owned 51% by...
, former Franco-British aerospace company
Places
Canada- Marconi National Historic Site of Canada, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.
United States
- Marconi, CaliforniaMarconi, CaliforniaMarconi is an unincorporated area in Marin County, California. It is located on the northeast shore of Tomales Bay, about seven miles south-southeast of the village of Tomales, at an elevation of about 70 feet above sea level...
, a place in Marin County, California.
Other uses
- Marconi Radio AwardsNAB Marconi Radio AwardsThe Marconi Radio Awards are presented annually by the National Association of Broadcasters to the top radio stations and on-air personalities in the United States. The awards are named in honor of Guglielmo Marconi, the man generally credited as the "Father of Wireless Telegraphy." NAB member...
, presented to top radio broadcasters and stations. - Marconi StallionsMarconi StallionsThe Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian football club located in Sydney, Australia. The club won the National Soccer League title a record four times, along with South Melbourne FC and Sydney City SC...
, Sydney football club. - Marconi class submarineMarconi class submarineThe Marconi-class was a class of six submarines built for the Royal Italian Navy . The submarines were all launched between 1939 and 1940, and all but one, , were lost in the Atlantic during the Second World War....
, Italian class of submarine. - Marconi scandalMarconi scandalThe Marconi scandal was a British political scandal that broke in the summer of 1912. It centred on allegations that highly-placed members of the Liberal government, under H. H...
, British political scandal. - Marconi rig, common rigging configuration on sailboats (also known as a Bermuda rig).