Born 10 July 1856
Smiljan, Austrian Empire (modern-day Croatia)
Died 7 January 1943 (aged 86)
New York City, New York
Cause of death Coronary thrombosis
Ethnicity Serb
Citizenship Austrian (in 1891 prior to becoming a U. S. citizen)[1]
United States (30 July 1891 – 7 January 1943)
Education Graz University of Technology (dropped out)
Engineering career
Engineering discipline Electrical engineering,
mechanical engineering
Significant projects Alternating current,
high-voltage, high-frequency power experiments
Significant design Induction motor
Rotating magnetic field
Tesla coil
Radio remote control vehicle (torpedo)[2]
Significant awards
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Order of St. Sava, II Class, Government of Serbia (1892)
Elliott Cresson Medal (1894)
Order of Prince Danilo I (1895)
Edison Medal (1916)
Order of St. Sava, I Class, Government of Yugoslavia (1926)
Order of the Yugoslav Crown (1931)
John Scott Medal (1934)
Order of the White Eagle, I Class, Government of Yugoslavia (1936)
Order of the White Lion, I Class, Government of Czechoslovakia (1937)
University of Paris Medal (1937)
The Medal of the University St. Clement of Ochrida, Sofia, Bulgaria (1939)