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Nikola Tesla (Serbian: Никола Тесла, July 10, 1856 – January 7, 1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer.[3][4][5][6] He is best known for his contributions to the design of alternating current (AC) electrical systems.[7] Born on July 10, 1856 in Smiljan, and raised in the Austrian Empire (now Croatia), Tesla completed his education in engineering and physics in the 1870s at the Graz University of Technology. He worked in the telephony industry in the early 1880s and at Continental Edison in the electric power industry. He immigrated to the United States in 1884 and became a citizen there. He worked at the Edison Machine Works in New York City.