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Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856 – January 7, 1943), was a Serbianinventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and physicist.

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He is best known for his part in the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. He was born in the village of Smiljan, in the part of former Austria-Hungary that is now Croatia. He later became an American citizen.

Tesla got his first job in Budapest in 1882, working at a telephonecompany.

A few years later, he moved to the United States. His best-known invention was an electric motor that could run well on AC power.

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Tesla died of coronary thrombosis (a blood clot in his heart) in a hotel room in Manhattan, New York City, on January 7, 1943.

Biography

Tesla was born on July 10, 1856, in Smiljan, Austro-Hungarian Empire (modern-day Croatia).

Tesla's father, Milutin Tesla, was a priest in the Serbian Orthodox Church. His mot