Sir Oliver Lodge (1851-1940)
A physicist born near Stoke-on-Trent, Lodge was involved in the development of the wireless telegraph and while a professor at Liverpool University in 1894 he was the first person to transmit a radio signal - a year before Marconi. He also made a large contribution to motoring when he invented the electric spark ignition for the internal combustion engine.
Places to visit
Woodford Valley
Tour around this the beautiful Woodford Valley and you will see why Lodge chose this area as his home, which is nestled among gently sloping chalk farmlands and the western banks of the River Avon.
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