Jozef Murgaš

@Inventors, Birthday and Personal Life ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Jozef Murgaš was a Slovak inventor, painter, and priest who contributed towards the development of wireless communications Slovak Artists Inventors & Discoverers Priests Aquarius Celebrities Jozef Murgaš was a Slovak inventor, painter and priest who contributed greatly towards the development of wireless communications. From a young age he was bright and clever, and showed interest in painting and science. After completing his graduation, he was unable to study further because of financial difficulties and decided to become a priest. But when his painting talent was spotted by a Slovak painter, he was admitted to an arts school and went on to become an accomplished painter. He used to paint sacral pieces, Slovak landscapes and Slovak personalities. Later, he traveled to the United States and set up a workshop which helped him to perform experiments on wireless technology. After tireless research and intense work, he had a breakthrough and came up with a new method of wireless transmission. He developed a musical tone system that enabled faster recognition of Morse code signals and also achieved radio transmission over a considerable distance. In 1917, when America entered the First World War, all the private radio-telegraphic stations were banned. Thereafter, he worked towards creation of a common state of Czechs and Slovaks in Czechoslovakia. After his health deteriorated, he gave away his entire life’s research and patent rights to Marconi, as he did not want his work to be lost after him. He was a generous man whose contributions towards creating a better society are deemed priceless

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Birthday: February 17, 1864 Died on: May 11, 1929 Nationality: Slovak Famous: Inventors, Artists, Inventors & Discoverers, Priests Known as: Jozef Murgas Discoveries / Inventions: Wireless Telegraphy Birth Place: Tajov Information Detail Birthday February 17, 1864 Died on May 11, 1929 Nationality Slovak Famous Inventors, Artists, Inventors & Discoverers, Priests Known as Jozef Murgas Discoveries / Inventions Wireless Telegraphy Birth Place Tajov Religion Catholicism Gender Male Sun Sign Aquarius Born in Tajov Famous as Inventor Died at Age 65

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Jozef Murgaš died of a heart attack on May 11, 1929, in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He was buried at the Sacred Heart Cemetery, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA. Unsplash Personal Life

Named after him, the ‘Jozef Murgaš Award’ is awarded annually by the ‘Slovak Electrotechnical Society and Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic’ to support the development of telecommunications in Slovakia. Unsplash Personal Life

Jozef Murgaš was born on February 17, 1864, in Tajov, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (present day Slovakia), to Ján Murgaš, and his wife, Zuzana. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

From an early age, he displayed talent in painting and science. He was enrolled at a grammar school in Tajov and later went on to complete his high school in Banská Bystrica. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Jozef’s parents were unable to lend him financial support for further studies, as a result, he decided to become a priest. From 1880 to 1882, he studied theology in Prešporok, then continued in Esztergom from 1882 to 1884, and finally graduated in Banska Bystrica in 1888. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

After getting ordained in 1888, he worked as a curate for some time and was soon approached by Dominik Skutecký, a Slovak painter who noticed his artistic talent. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

On Skutecký's initiative, he was admitted to Provincial School of Visual Arts, a painting school in Budapest, where he studied between 1889 and1890. Thereafter, he went to study painting in Munich, from 1890 to 1893. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1896, after facing allegations of Pan-Slavism, Jozef Murgaš moved to America and settled among fellow countrymen in the small mining village of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where he remained until his death. Unsplash Career

With no scope for a painting career, he focused on natural sciences again, particularly electrotechnology. He established a laboratory in Wilkes-Barre, where he primarily investigated radiotelegraphy. Unsplash Career

In May 1904, he received the rights for two key patents by the Patent Office in Washington; the ‘Wireless-Telegraph Apparatus’ and ‘Method of Communicating Intelligence by Wireless Telegraphy’. Unsplash Career

In 1904, he invented the ‘Musical Tone System’ of wireless telegraphy, enabling faster transmission of Morse code. Unsplash Career

In November 1905, he made radio transmission between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, located 20 miles away, generating transmission of 50 words-per-minute (WPM) while Marconi's system could only generate 15 WPM. Unsplash Career

In 1905, he achieved radio transmission between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, Pennsylvania, situated 20 miles away. Unsplash Major Works

While residing in Wilkes-Barre, he took care of Slovak immigrants, and helped in the construction of a new church, library, cemetery, several schools, gymnasium and playgrounds. He also co-founded the Saints Cyril and Methodius community and the Slovak Catholic Federation. Unsplash Major Works

He was actively involved in the Slovak expatriates’ movement and supported the creation of the state of Czechoslovakia. He was also a signatory of the Pittsburgh Agreement between Czechs and Slovaks. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	February 17, 1864
Died on	May 11, 1929
Nationality	Slovak
Famous	Inventors, Artists, Inventors & Discoverers, Priests
Known as	Jozef Murgas
Discoveries / Inventions	Wireless Telegraphy
Birth Place	Tajov
Religion	Catholicism
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Aquarius
Born in	Tajov
Famous as	Inventor
Died at Age	65

Jozef Murgaš

Slovak

Feb 17, 1864

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