Nikola Tesla was born in 1856; he was a Serbian-American engineer and scientist who produced hundreds of discoveries in generating, transmitting, and using electric power. He pioneered AC ...

NIKOLA TESLA, who died on January 7, was born in 1857 at Smiljan in Croatia. His father, a Serb, was a clergyman of the Greek Church ; his mother is remembered as very inventive and is credited ...

The center is seeking to raise $24 million to develop a museum and rebuild after a blaze destroyed the famed inventor's 1901 laboratory.