Editing Guglielmo Marconi (section)

====''Titanic''====
The role played by Marconi Co. wireless in maritime rescues raised public awareness of the value of radio and brought fame to Marconi, particularly the sinking of [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] on 15 April 1912 and [[RMS Lusitania|RMS ''Lusitania'']] on 7 May 1915.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who was Guglielmo Marconi? Guglielmo Marconie was the first to patent (though not invent) a wireless system for communications.|url=https://www.curriculumvisions.com/search/M/marconi/marconi.html|access-date=2021-03-09|website=curriculumvisions.com}}</ref>

[[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] radio operators [[Jack Phillips (wireless operator)|Jack Phillips]] and [[Harold Bride]] were not employed by the [[White Star Line]] but by the [[Marconi International Marine Communication Company]]. After the sinking of the ocean liner, survivors were rescued by the [[RMS Carpathia|RMS ''Carpathia'']] of the [[Cunard Line]].<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite book|isbn=978-0857330246|title=Titanic Triumph and Tragedy: Third Edition|last1=Eaton|first1=John P.|last2=Haas|first2=Charles A.|date=December 2011|publisher=Haynes Publishing UK }}</ref> ''Carpathia'' took a total of 17 minutes to both receive and decode the SOS signal sent by ''Titanic''. There was a distance of 58 miles between the two ships.<ref>"Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World|CBC Radio." CBCnews, CBC/Radio Canada, 10 Nov. 2016, www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/marconi-the-man-who-networked-the-world-1.3845164.</ref> When ''Carpathia'' docked in New York, Marconi went aboard with a reporter from ''[[The New York Times]]'' to talk with Bride, the surviving operator.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> After this incident, Marconi gained popularity and became more recognised for his contributions to the field of radio and wireless technology.<ref>RMS Titanic, Inc. "Recovery Expedition to Titanic Sets Target Departure Date for 2021." PR Newswire: News Distribution, Targeting and Monitoring, 22 July 2020,</ref>

On 18 June 1912, Marconi gave evidence to the Court of Inquiry into the loss of ''Titanic'' regarding the marine telegraphy's functions and the procedures for emergencies at sea.<ref>Court of Inquiry ''Loss of the S.S. Titanic'' 1912</ref> Britain's [[Postmaster-General]] summed up, referring to the ''Titanic'' disaster: "Those who have been saved, have been saved through one man, Mr. Marconi ... and his marvellous invention."<ref name="whf">{{cite web|url=http://www.wirelesshistoryfoundation.org/blog/titanics-wireless-connection|title=Titanic's Wireless Connection|date=April 2012|publisher=Wireless History Foundation|access-date=7 October 2013}}</ref> Marconi was offered free passage on ''Titanic'' before she sank, but had taken [[RMS Lusitania|''Lusitania'']] three days earlier. As his daughter Degna later explained, he had paperwork to do and preferred the public stenographer aboard that vessel.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Seven Famous People Who Missed the Titanic|author=Daugherty, Greg|magazine=Smithsonian Magazine|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seven-famous-people-who-missed-the-titanic-101902418/|date=March 2012|access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref>