Who Was Nikola Tesla?

WHO WAS

NICOLA TESLA

By Parth Mahajan

Table Of Contents

Page 1: Table Of Contents
Page 2: Life Information
Page 3: Important Life Events
Page 4: Obstacles They Faced
Page 5: Why We Celebrate Tesla and Tesla is famous because...
Page 6: About the Author

Life Information

Birthdate/Birthplace: July 10, 1856 in Smiljan (Modern Day Croatia)

Family: Djouka- Mom Milutin- Dad Dane- Brother Angelina- Sister Marica- Sister Milka- Sister

Education: Polytechnic Institute

Death: January 7, 1943 in New York City

Quote: "I don't care that they stole my idea. I care that they don't have any of their own. "

Important Life Events

Important Life Event #1 : He helped fire fighters control a fire pump when he was only 7 years old!

Important Life Event #2 : In his second year at Polytechnic Institute, he imagined AC (Alternating Current), when at the time there was only DC (Direct Current).

Important Life Event #3 : In 1886, he opened a laboratory of his new company, The Tesla Electric Light and Manufacturing Co.

Fun Fact! : Nikola Tesla got better from Cholera because he wanted to go to engineering school and once his dad said he got better because he had something fun ahead!

Obstacles He Faced

He became sick with many illnesses but overcame all of them!

His family was poor.

He was very lonely.

Why We Celebrate Tesla and Tesla is famous because...

We celebrate Nikola Tesla because... he was the creator of AC (Alternating Current). Also, he helped create many other things. He is very determined and hard-working. For example, when he was working for Thomas Edison, Edison said he could get a $50,000 bonus if he did extra work, and he did but just then Edison said it was a JOKE!