World honours given to Guglielmo Marconi


Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909


Degrees Honoris Causa

  • Master of Science at Oxford University
  • Master of Science at Cambridge University
  • Master of Arts at Glasgow University
  • Master of Arts at Aberdeen University
  • Master of Arts at Liverpool University
  • Master of Arts at Pennsylvania University
  • Master of Arts at Columbia University (New York)
  • Master of Arts at Louisiana University
  • Master of Arts at Loyola University
  • Master of Arts at North-Western University
  • Master of Physics at Rio de Janeiro University
  • Master of Laws at Notre Dame University in South Bend (Indiana)
  • Master of Physics at Bologna University
  • Master of Physics at Pisa University
  • Engineer in Reale Scuola di Applicazione for Engineers, Bologna
  • Teacher of Electromagnetical Waves, University of Rome


  • List of Academies and Scientific Associations whose Marconi was member of

  • Regia Accademia d'Italia - President
  • Regia Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei - Member
  • Regia Accedemia delle Scienze of Istituto di Bologna - Member
  • Accedemia of San Luca - Member
  • Pontificia Accedemia delle Scienze - Member
  • Associazione Elettrotecnica Italiana - Member
  • Associazione degli Ingegneri ed Architetti Italiani - Member
  • Regio Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti - Memeber
  • Societa' Italiana delle Scienze, named "XL" - Member
  • Societa' Scientifica di Venezia - Member
  • Accademia Valdarnese del Poggio, Firenze - Fellow
  • Collegio degli Ingegneri, Milano - Honorary Member
  • Gruppo emiliano dei Cavalieri del Lavoro, Bologna - Honorary President
  • Birmingham and Midland Institute - President
  • Royal Society of Arts, London -President
  • Columbia University Club of G. B. - Vice-president
  • Royal Institution of Great Britain, London - Member
  • Institution of Civil Engineers, London - Honorary Member
  • Institution of Electrical Engineers, London - Honorary Member
  • Gold Medal and Haward, given by German Republic President, Mr. von Hindenburg
  • Golf Medal of Societa' Scientifica dei Quaranta
  • Gold Medal of Societa' Navale Italiana di Salvamento
  • Fondazione Sartorio Award, given by Regia Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
  • Tommaso Vallauri Award for the Physic Sciences
  • Gold Medal of the city of Venice
  • Gold Medal of the city of Florence
  • Gold Medal of the city of Barcelona
  • Gold Medal of the city of Madrid
  • Gold Medal of the city of New York

  • Principal Dignities

  • Commendatore della Corona d'Italia
  • Grande Ufficiale dell'Ordine dei SS. Maurizio e Lazzaro
  • Ordine Civile di Savoia (Honorary Member of Consiglio d'Ordine)
  • Cavaliere di Gran Croce della Corona d'Italia
  • Cavaliere del Lavoro - Member of Federazione Nazionale Italiana
  • Medal of "Libya Campaign"
  • Croce di Guerra [Distinguished Service Cross] (1915-1918)
  • Hereditary title of Marquis with motu proprio of the King of Italy
  • Cavaliere di Gran Croce Magistrale of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
  • Cavaliere di Gran Croce of Ordine di Pio IX
  • Cavaliere di Gran Croce of Ordine di Alfonso XII of Spain
  • Dignity Plus Ultra of Spain
  • Grand Cordon of Ordine di Menelik, Abyssinia
  • Commenda of Ordine di Sant'Anna, of the Russian Czar Nicholas II
  • Gran Croce dell'Ordine di Vittoria, of Her Majesty the English King
  • Gran Croce dell'Ordine of the British Empire
  • Grand Cordon of the Rising Sun Order (Tokio)
  • Grand Cordon of the Order of Croce del Sud (Brazil)
  • Grand Cordon of the Jada Chinese Order
  • Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
  • Cavaliere di Gran Croce of the Sovereign Holy Order of St. John of Jerusalem
  • Senator of the Italian Kingdom

  • Freedom of these Cities

  • Roma
  • Milano
  • Firenze
  • Livorno
  • Pisa
  • Genova
  • Bari
  • Rieti
  • Civitavecchia
  • San Francisco (USA)
  • Rio De Janeiro (Brazil)
  • Tokio (Japan)

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