Nikola Tesla
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Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor and electrical engineer whose development of alternating current (AC) power systems, the AC induction motor, and the Tesla coil laid the technological foundations of modern electrical infrastructure. His famous rivalry with Thomas Edison over AC versus DC power was resolved decisively in favor of his AC system, which today delivers electricity worldwide. Tesla held over 300 patents and envisioned wireless energy transmission and global communication networks decades before their realization.
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Born in Smiljan
Nikola Tesla born in Smiljan, Austrian Empire (modern-day Croatia).
personalArrives in New York
Arrives in New York with four cents in his pocket, a letter of recommendation to Thomas Edison, and a head full of ideas.
careerAC Motor Patent
Patents the alternating current (AC) induction motor, the invention that would power the modern world.
awardChicago World's Fair
AC power lights the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, proving AC's superiority over Edison's DC.
careerNiagara Falls Power Plant
Designs the first large-scale AC hydroelectric power plant at Niagara Falls.
careerDeath
Dies alone and in debt at the New Yorker Hotel in Manhattan at age 86.
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