Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Guglielmo Marconi
Standard Name: Marconi, Guglielmo
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12 December 1896: Guglielmo Marconi gave the first public demonstration...
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12 December 1896
Guglielmo Marconi
gave the first public demonstration of wireless telegraphy at Toynbee Hall in London.
Briggs, Asa. The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom. Oxford University Press, 1961, 5 vols.
1: 20-1
Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
113
14 December 1901: Guglielmo Marconi, from a wireless station...
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14 December 1901
Guglielmo Marconi
, from a wireless station at Signal Hill, St John's, Newfoundland, received signals from his station in Cornwall, England.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 493
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
609
10 December 1909: Selma Lagerlöf became the first woman to...
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10 December 1909
Selma Lagerlöf
became the first woman to be awarded the Nobel
Prize in Literature, in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings.
Nobel Prize in Literature. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
Nobel Prize in Literature. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/.
