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This led to his being largely credited as the inventor of radio and sharing the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ferdinand Braun \"in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy.\"\nHis work laid the foundation for the development of radio, television, and all modern wireless communication systems.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"25 April 1874","date":"1874-04-25"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36488#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Bologna","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1891"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36488#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"20 July 1937","date":"1937-07-20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36488#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of 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