GUIGLIELMO MARCONI.
Signor Guiglielmo Marconi.
Born at Marzabotta, near Bologna, Italy, in April, 1875. His father was a native of Italy and a man of substance, his mother was a Miss Jamieson, born in Ireland, but of Scottish lineage.
Young Marconi early turned his attention to the wonders of electricity and began his experiments in wireless telegraphy in 1891. While yet a mere lad he came to England in 1896, and in co-operation with Sir William Preece, then the head of the telegraph department in England, began further experiments.
On March 27, 1899, he succeeded in sending messages across the British channel from Boulogne to the south foreland.
The next and greatest achievement of all, on December 12, 1901, he received a signal at St. John’s, Nfld., from Poldhu, Cornwall, nearly 2,000 miles distant.
On February 26, 1902, he received messages aboardship on the Atlantic ocean from Poldhu, 2,099 miles away.