set gDates = [[], [0, 0, "The Times, Dec 16, 1901"], ["The Times, Aug 1, 1910", 0, 0, "The Times, Dec 11, 1961"]]
set gName = getat(["Marconi"],1)
@[]##ATLANTIC BRIDGED BY WIRELESS TELEGRAPH@DOCTOR CRIPPEN ARRESTED###THE AERIAL THAT MADE HISTORY
Marconi's mother, Annie Jameson, was Irish. She had gone to Italy to get married, against her father's wishes#Marconi's first wife, Beatrice O'Brien, was also Irish. The daughter of Lord Inchiquin, she was later lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Italy#Marconi lost the sight of his right eye in a motoring accident in 1912#Marconi's fascist leanings tarnished his reputation in later years. He was an enthusiastic supporter of Mussolini, and his vociferous praise for Italy's bloody invasion of Abyssinia in 1935 was condemned around the world#In 1919 the King of Italy made Marconi a delegate to the peace conference in Versailles that ended the First World War. In this capacity Marconi signed peace treaties with Austria and Bulgaria#When Marconi came to England in 1896 his work attracted the attention of the royal family. He established a wireless link between Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales, who was resting on the Royal Yacht after an injury to his knee#In 1909 Marconi's achievements were recognized by the award of the Nobel prize
