Nikola Tesla: 10th July

Nikola Tesla (born 1856) was a Serbian electrical engineer who has been honoured by having an electrical SI unit of measurement of  magnetic flux density named after him.

Although he had no formal qualifications, he gained experience in Paris working in telegraphy with Continental Edison and subsequently in New York. He developed a "polyphase induction motor"  and worked with Westinghouse to promoted the introduction of AC electrical supply. Many less successful inventions were funded by the royalties of the AC motor.

He died in 1943