Born: 10-Jul-1856 [1]
Birthplace: Smiljan, Croatia
Died: 7-Jan-1943
Location of death: Manhattan, NY [2]
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Cremated, Nikola Tesla Museum, Belgrade, Serbia

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Asexual
Occupation: Inventor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Invented alternating current

Thought chastity was a key component to his inventive abilities.

[2] New Yorker Hotel, Manhattan, NY.

Father: Milutin Tesla (parish priest)
Mother: Georgina Djuka Mandic
Brother: Dane
Sister: Milka
Sister: Angelina
Sister: Marica

    IEEE
    IEEE Edison Medal 1916
    National Inventors Hall of Fame
    Units of Measure magnetic concentration
    Naturalized US Citizen 1891
    Bankruptcy c. 1916
    Nervous Breakdown 1880
    Serbian Ancestry
    Risk Factors: Vegetarian, Malaria

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USA, Scott #2057 (20 cents, issued 21-Sep-1983)

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