Components and transmission line have changed a lot since 1900.
A lot of the early day antenna design is still very functional. As far as my logic, simple works. Simple is a technique the is avoided at all cost today.
Complexity is destroying us and making us slaves to systems we did not want or design.
Freedom is being killed by unnecessary complexity and along with it good design.
I have an engineering background. I have argued with customers that a 2400 to 2500 MHz antenna CANNOT receive 2000 MHz. I don’t care if you have software defined radio, the software can only process the signals the hardware receives.