Branly eventually won the election by two votes. In 1936 he was elected to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Branly was named as Marconi's inspiration during the first radio communication across the English Channel, when Marconi's message was: "Mr. Marconi sends to Mr. Branly his regards over the Channel through the wireless telegraph, this nice achievement being partly the result of Mr. Branly's remarkable work." Branly's discovery of radioconduction was named an IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing in 2010. Legacy The quai Branly – a road that runs alongside the River Seine in Paris – is named after Branly. It is the name of this road, not of Branly himself, that led to the naming of the Musée du quai Branly. Branly is also commemorated by a technical High School (lycée) in Châtellerault, a commune in the Vienne department in the Poitou-Charentes region. See also Musée Édouard Branly, which preserves his laboratory Radio: History of radio, Invention of radio People: Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Karl Ferdinand Braun : "Receiver for use in wireless telegraphy" Edouard Branly, 1905 References External links and resources Eugenii Katz, "Edouard Eugène Désiré Branly". The history of electrochemistry, electricity and electronics; Biosensors & Bioelectronics. "Édouard Branly". Robert Appleton Company, The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume II, 1907. "Edouard Eugène Désiré Branly"". Adventures in Cybersound. French physicists 1844 births 1940 deaths École Normale Supérieure alumni French Roman Catholics Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Members of the French Academy of Sciences Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur Experimental physicists Radio pioneers