Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla

male, deceased (1943)
physicist electrical engineering tesla coil scientist electricity and magnetism electricity … War of Currents
Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 - 7 January 1943) was an inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer. Born in Smiljan, Croatia, he... More
Harold P. Brown

Harold P. Brown

male
Harold Pitney Brown competing War of Currents Topsy the Elephant electric shock direct current
Harold Pitney Brown was the American inventor of the electric chair. He was hired by Thomas Edison to help develop the chair after he wrote an... More
William Kemmler

William Kemmler

male, deceased (1890)
convicted of murder executions by the United States cruel and unusual punishment executed by electric chair alternating current common-law marriage … War of Currents
William Kemmler (May 9, 1860 - August 6, 1890) of Buffalo, New York was the first person to be executed via electric chair. He had murdered Tillie... More