Who invented the radio?

Guglielmo Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937) was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer, known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission, development of Marconi's law, and a radio telegraph system. He is credited as the inventor of radio, and he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".

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Bob Pirie

No! Tesla invented and received patent four years before Marconi.

Julie Allen

Darlene Davidson, Tesla took out the first patent. Although Tesla did do groundbreaking research in early electrical systems, his contributions to radio technology were minimal, overshadowed by the far more important practical work conducted by other inventors and scientists, including Heinrich Hertz, Oliver Lodge, Guglielmo Marconi, Karl Braun -- the latter two shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1909 -- Reginald Fessenden and John Stone. The 1943 Supreme Court ruling -- Marconi Wireless Tel. Co. v. United States - 320 U.S. this case actually did NOT even try to determine "who invented radio".

Martha Calkins

Tessa was not among the options given!

natalia

This so wrong! Tesla has invented Radio. Marconi just stole Tesla's idea.

Karin Johansson

Ray Anderson, Marconi was his assistent. Who did you think did the Most work? Often the assistent does it.

Karin Johansson

Gayle Thomsen Jessen, they worked together.

Karin Johansson

Bob Pirie, tesla was later

Mike Valsamy

Marconi used Tesla's spark coil for his telegraph wireless. Radio came after "God" invented the vacuum tube.

Carroll Price

As holder of a 1st and 2nd class FCC Radio License, I'd better know the correct answer.

Caroline Wolter Hall

karen twirly, We all did. Its been retracted in Canada.

Caroline Wolter Hall

I got question wrong on purpose rather than give that thief, Marconi, who is no longer recognized in Canada as having invented the radio! Every sane human being knows it was Nikola Tesla. You are just a contentious Italian asking this question without putting Tesla's name as an option and you've done this before! 😡 I have been writing a massive book for the past 9+ years and this is one of things I'm setting straight. Canada now has a monument dedicated to Tesla at Niagara Falls! https://teslauniverse.com/nikola-tesla/articles/tesla-invented-radio-not-marconi

Alana King

It was actually Nikola Tesla.

Char

Howard Groopman, not funny quit harassing others just get a life

Char

ninakamwene, no it's the Tesla that invented things and now its seems the radio too. The government took his stuff upon his death and it seems others took his credit once it was released