Nikola Tesla (1856 - 1943)

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Nikola Tesla
(1856-1943)

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Early Years
Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856 in the Croatian-Slavonian
Governorate
Tesla's family lived in the village of Smilyan, 6 km from the city of Gospic, the main
city of the historical province of Lika, which was part of the Austrian Empire at that
time. Father - Milutin Tesla (1819-1879), priest of the Srem diocese of the Serbian
Orthodox Church, Serbian. Mother - Georgina Tesla (1822-1892), nee Mandich,
was the daughter of a priest. On July 10, 1856, a fourth child, Nikola, appeared in
the family. In total, there were five children in the family: three daughters - Milka,
Angelina and Maritsa and two sons - Nikola and his older brother Dane. When
Nikola was five years old, his brother died after falling from his horse.

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What is Nikola Tesla known for and how he died
thanks to his contribution to the creation of AC devices, polyphase systems, synchronous
generator and asynchronous motor.
Nikola Tesla died in the room he occupied at the New Yorker Hotel on the night of January 7–8,
1943, at the age of 87, presumably from coronary thrombosis

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