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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nikola Tesla canonical | 58 |
| Nikola | 4 |
| Nikola Tesla (fictionalized) | 1 |
| Nikola Tesla (originally) | 1 |
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electrical engineer
ⓘ
futurist ⓘ human ⓘ inventor ⓘ mechanical engineer ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Elliott Cresson Medal
ⓘ
Edison Medal ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE Edison Medal
|
| burialPlace | Nikola Tesla Museum ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | coronary thrombosis ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Nikola Tesla International Airport
ⓘ
Nikola Tesla Museum ⓘ
surface form:
Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade
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| countryOfBirth |
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
ⓘ
surface form:
Austrian Empire
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
ⓘ
surface form:
Austria-Hungary
United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1856-07-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1943-01-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Austrian Polytechnic in Graz
ⓘ
Charles University in Prague ⓘ
surface form:
Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague
|
| employer |
Tesla
ⓘ
surface form:
Tesla Electric Company
|
| ethnicGroup |
Serbs
ⓘ
surface form:
Serb
|
| familyName | Tesla ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
electrical engineering
ⓘ
electromagnetism ⓘ mechanical engineering ⓘ physics ⓘ wireless power transmission ⓘ |
| founded |
Tesla
ⓘ
surface form:
Tesla Electric Company
|
| givenName |
Nikola Tesla
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Nikola
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| 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nikola
subject surface form:
Nikola Tesla
this entity surface form:
Nikola
subject surface form:
tesla
this entity surface form:
Nikola Tesla (originally)
subject surface form:
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
this entity surface form:
Nikola
this entity surface form:
Nikola