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”’George Stephen Kemp”’ (1857 – 2 January, 1933, [[Southampton]]) was an electrical engineer and the first [[personal assistant]] to [[Guglielmo Marconi]].<ref name=”Baker (1970) History of Marconi Company”>{{cite book |last1=Baker |first1=W. J. |title=A history of the Marconi Company |date=1970 |publisher=London, Methuen |location=London |isbn=978-0-416-17050-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofmarconi0000bake/page/278/mode/2up?q=Baddow}}</ref><ref name=”GMF Kemp”>{{cite web |title=George Kemp |url=https://www.fgm.it/en/marconi-en/profiles/george-kemp.html |website=www.fgm.it |publisher=Guglielmo Marconi Foundation |access-date=9 November 2025}}</ref>Kemp was with Marconi at Kenmara House, [[Ballycastle, County Antrim]] when they carried out a successful experiment in [[Wireless Telegraphy]] on 25 August, 1898. |
”’George Stephen Kemp”’ (1857 – 2 January, 1933, [[Southampton]]) was an electrical engineer and the first [[personal assistant]] to [[Guglielmo Marconi]].<ref name=”Baker (1970) History of Marconi Company”>{{cite book |last1=Baker |first1=W. J. |title=A history of the Marconi Company |date=1970 |publisher=London, Methuen |location=London |isbn=978-0-416-17050-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofmarconi0000bake/page/278/mode/2up?q=Baddow}}</ref><ref name=”GMF Kemp”>{{cite web |title=George Kemp |url=https://www.fgm.it/en/marconi-en/profiles/george-kemp.html |website=www.fgm.it |publisher=Guglielmo Marconi Foundation |access-date=9 November 2025}}</ref>Kemp was with Marconi at Kenmara House, [[Ballycastle, County Antrim]] when they carried out a successful experiment in [[Wireless Telegraphy]] on 25 August, 1898. |
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Kemp was a [[Royal Navy]] Instructor and electrician stationed on [[HMS Defiance]]. |
Kemp was a [[Royal Navy]] Instructor and electrician stationed on [[HMS Defiance]]. came to the attention of Sir [[Henry Jackson (Royal Navy officer)|Henry Jackson]] who arranged for him to be seconded to work with [[William Preece]] at the [[Post office]].<ref name=”RNSUBMUS Radio”>{{cite book |last1=Mason |first1=Len |title=Who Invented Radio? |date=2019 |publisher=Who invented Radio? Friends of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum |location=Gosport |url=https://www.rnsubmusfriends.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/who-invented-radio.pdf}}</ref> |
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George Stephen Kemp (1857 – 2 January, 1933, Southampton) was an electrical engineer and the first personal assistant to Guglielmo Marconi.[1][2]Kemp was with Marconi at Kenmara House, Ballycastle, County Antrim when they carried out a successful experiment in Wireless Telegraphy on 25 August, 1898.
Kemp was a Royal Navy Instructor and electrician stationed on HMS Defiance. In July 1896 he came to the attention of Sir Henry Jackson who arranged for him to be seconded to work with William Preece at the Post office.[3]
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