The Marconi Company

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:English_Electric
gptkbp:acquisitionYear 1946
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Marconi's_Wireless_Telegraph_Company
gptkbp:category Defunct telecommunications companies of the United Kingdom
British companies established in 1897
Companies based in Chelmsford
gptkbp:contributedTo development of radar
development of television
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dissolved 2006
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Guglielmo_Marconi
gptkbp:foundedYear 1897
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Chelmsford,_Essex,_England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Marconi Company
gptkbp:industry gptkb:radio_station
telecommunications
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Oliver_Lodge
gptkb:Charles_Samuel_Franklin
gptkbp:notableEvent first transatlantic radio signal (1901)
first wireless transmission across the English Channel
gptkbp:notableFor radio communications
pioneering wireless telegraphy
gptkbp:notableProduct radio receivers
radio transmitters
Marconi wireless telegraph
gptkbp:notableProject first transatlantic wireless signal
development of radio broadcasting
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:English_Electric
gptkb:GEC_(General_Electric_Company)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Marconi_plc
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Marconi_Wireless_Telegraph_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7