Nobel Prize in Physics 1909
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Guglielmo Marconi
Prize share: 1/2
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Karl Ferdinand Braun
Prize share: 1/2
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1909 was awarded jointly to Guglielmo Marconi and Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy"
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