Radio history - Key figures

In a generation that has become dependent on interpersonal electronic communications, amateur radio, not least, the key figures in the history of radio continue to go to the background. The truth is that these ingenious and brilliant people engendered a medium in which we trust to this day.

Now isolating key figures is a dangerous game. The radio was not invented by accident or by a single individual, but many contributed. Names like Faraday, Maxell, Hertz, Edison Beverage and Fleming will be forever linked to radio development. Its inquisitive nature and experimentation resulted in a gradual development of the theories that gave rise to radio.

That said, there are three figures that stand out in my mind. They are Samuel Morse, Nikola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi. These three men are possibly the best known or at least their names are the most identifiable. So, let's take a lot on each one:

· Samuel Morse: Born in Massachusetts in 1791, Morse's first inclinations surely did not project his eventual fame. Morse was a professional artist and university professor. It was a casual discussion that stimulated his interest in electromagnetic theory. Most people will quickly identify Morse as the inventor of the Morse Code, but few will know that he also invented fixed telegraphy.

· Nikola Tesla- Born in 1856 in what we know today as Croatia. Tesla, a wonderful inventor, came to this profession honestly, since his mother was also an inventor. Although Tesla began his career as an electrical engineer in Europe, he emigrated to the United States at a relatively young age. He worked at Edison's laboratories in New Jersey improving Edison's work. Finally, their disagreements regarding direct and alternating current resulted in the victory of the electrical motors and systems of AC Westinghouse of Tesla.

· Guglielmo Marconi- Born in 1874 in Bologna, Italy, of Italian and Irish parents. An interesting fact about Marconi is that his mother was the daughter of Andrew Jameson, a famous owner of a Scottish distillery. The early years have Marconi very interested in physics and electrical sciences, studying the work of some of the men identified at the beginning of this article. Marconi is best known for his wireless telegraph and particularly for his famous 1901 transatlantic wireless transmission. He was awarded the prestigious Noble Physics Prize in 1909 for his numerous contributions to the discipline.