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1897-1997
Message from the Daughter of
Marchese Guglielmo Marconi
The Founder of Wireless

Princess "Over the last three years, centenary celebrations of the work of my father have taken place in many countries throughout the world.

In 1995 the Italian Government held exhibitions in Italy covering the initial experiments he started at his home, the Villa Griffone in Bologna in 1895.

1996 saw the commemoration of the establishment in England of the first patent for wireless telegraphy in 1896. Special stamps were issued by the Royal Mail to celebrate this event.

In 1997 we celebrate the establishment of The Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company in 1897. Later renamed Marconi's Wireless and Telegraph Company. Chelmsford will commemorate
this event with various functions as it is also the sixtieth anniversary of my father's death and the seventy-fifth anniversary of the first wireless broadcast from Chelmsford.

In all of these events I have been privileged to unveil plaques or attend commemoration lunches and other celebrations in countries where the work of my father has been well and truly recognised.

1998 will be the centenary of the world's first wireless factory being established by my father in Chelmsford, the county town of Essex.

From Rome, where I live with my son Prince Guglielmo, I send greetings to all those people in the Group of Marconi companies and also to people who pioneer in the field of electronics to bring communication in its most modern form to the outposts of the world.

Today's equipment is a far cry from the very basic items invented by my father which led to the many facets of communication as we know it today with satellites, radar, broadcasting, telephone, fax and computers. Because of this I feel proud to be the daughter of Guglielmo Marconi."

Princess Elettra Giovanelli Marconi
Rome, July 1997

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