Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla

male, deceased (1943)
physicist, electrical engineering, tesla coil, scientist, electricity and magnetism, electricity…WarofCurrents, Fellow of the IEEE, National Inventors Hall of Fame, naturalized citizen of the United States
Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 - 7 January 1943) was an inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer. Born in Smiljan, Croatia, he...
Harold P. Brown

Harold P. Brown

male
Harold Pitney Brown, competing, WarofCurrents, 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...
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…WarofCurrents
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...