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Aleksandr Popov (1859-1906)
Russian physicists and electrical engineer, known of his investigations of electromagnetic waves
and receiving them over long distances. Popov was the first who use an antenna in the transmission
and reception of radio waves. He constructed an apparatus that could register atmospheric
electrical disturbances and was interested in X rays.
Popov was acclaimed in Russia as the inventor of radio but its priority has not been generally
accepted; Marconi´s priority is usually conceded.