Nikola Tesla

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Nikola Tesla was a pioneering Serbian-American inventor and electrical engineer best known for his contributions to alternating current (AC) power systems and numerous innovations in electromagnetism.

Aliases (2)
  • Nikola ×2
  • Nikola Tesla (originally) ×1

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instanceOf electrical engineer
futurist
human
inventor
mechanical engineer
physicist
awardReceived Elliott Cresson Medal
IEEE Edison Medal
burialPlace Nikola Tesla Museum
causeOfDeath coronary thrombosis
commemoratedBy Nikola Tesla International Airport
Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade
countryOfBirth Austrian Empire
countryOfCitizenship Austria-Hungary
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1856-07-10
dateOfDeath 1943-01-07
educatedAt Austrian Polytechnic in Graz
Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague
employer Tesla Electric Company
ethnicGroup Serb
familyName Tesla
fieldOfWork electrical engineering
electromagnetism
mechanical engineering
physics
wireless power transmission
founded Tesla Electric Company
givenName Nikola
hasOccupation electrical engineer
futurist
inventor
mechanical engineer
physicist
hasUnitNamedAfter tesla (magnetic flux density unit)
influenced modern alternating current power systems
wireless communication technologies
influencedBy James Clerk Maxwell
Michael Faraday
knownFor Tesla coil
alternating current power systems
high-voltage high-frequency power experiments
induction motor
polyphase AC systems
radio technology contributions
wireless energy transfer experiments
languageSpoken Czech
English
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Serbian
mannerOfDeath natural causes
nativeLanguage Serbian
notableWork Tesla coil design
Wardenclyffe Tower project
development of AC induction motor
polyphase AC distribution system
placeOfBirth Smiljan
placeOfDeath New York City
religion Serbian Orthodox Church
residence New York City
sexOrGender male
workedFor Continental Edison Company
Edison Machine Works
Westinghouse Electric Corporation


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