Biographical entry Tesla, Nikola (1856 - 1943)

Born
10 July 1856
Smiljan, Austrian Empire (now Croatia)
Died
7 January 1943
New York, New York, United States of America
Occupation
Electrical engineer, Inventor and Mechanical engineer

Summary

Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla is known for laying the foundations for the commercialisation of electricity, wireless communication and radio.

Tesla applied his knowledge of wireless technology to marine technology and created a radio-controlled boat (1897), followed by a radio-controlled torpedo.

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Published resources

Book Sections

  • Susskind, C., 'Tesla, Nikola (1856-1943)', in Dictionary of American Biography; Supplement Three 1941-1945, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1973, pp. 767-770. Details

Journal Articles

  • 'Nikola Tesla Pathfinder of the Electrical Age', Electrical Engineering, 20699, pp. 786-790. Details
  • 'A Century of Remote Control', Microwave Review, 36130, pp. 1-6. Details
  • Pratt, H., 'Nikola Tesla 1856-1943', Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers, vol. 44, no. 9, September 1956, pp. 1106-1108. Details
  • Swezey, K., 'Nikola Tesla', Science, vol. 127, no. 3307, 16 May 1958, pp. 1147-1159. Details

Letters Patents

  • Tesla, N., Method of and apparatus for controlling mechanism of moving vessels or vehicles, United States Patent Office, 8 November 1898. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Susskind, C., 'Tesla, Nikola (1856-1943)', in Dictionary of American Biography; Supplement Three 1941-1945, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1973, pp. 767-770; Swezey, K., 'Nikola Tesla', Science, vol. 127, no. 3307, 16 May 1958, pp. 1147-1159.

Prepared by: Rebecca Rigby