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wardenclyffe laboratory
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davies auditorium, becton engineering and applied science center
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On April 21, 1987, a bronze bust was dedicated in the entryway of the Davies Auditorium at the Becton Engineering and Applied Science Center at Yale University. It was the culmination of a fund-raising and letter-writing campaign by a third grade class in Anne Arbor, Michigan. The class's teacher, John Wagner, presented the sculpture to Yale.
In 1894, Nikola Tesla received an honorary degree from Yale along with several other 19th-century leaders.
serbian orthodox cathedral of st. sava
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The second of two funeral services for Nikola Tesla was held at this location on January 13, 1943.
On Sunday, January 28, 2007, a bust of Nikola Tesla was unveiled at this location.
view full location details...higher real gymnasium (gymnasium karlovac)
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A gymnasium is the Croatian equivalent of a U.S. prep school, and the Gymnasium Karlovac (or the Higher Real Gymnasium, as it is sometimes called) can trace its physical construction to 1863, and its educational origins as far back as 1766.
One of the gymnasium's most notable alumnus is Nikola Tesla, who went to school here from 1870 to 1873 (graduating a year early). It was due to his encounters with an inspiring physics professor that Tesla pursued mechanical engineering and invention.
The Gymnasium Karlovac remains in operation to this day.
view full location details...nikola tesla memorial center
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On July 10, 1856, Nikola Tesla was born in the village of Smiljan, located in the mountainous region of Lika in Croatia (about 6 km northwest of Gospić). The son of a Serbian Orthodox priest and an illiterate mother, Tesla was a subject of the Austrian empire by birth (the area was known as the Croatian Military Frontier of the Austrian Empire at the time). Tesla's family moved to nearby Gospić in 1862.
In 2006, to celebrate the 150th birthday of Tesla, Croatian officials opened a Tesla memorial in the town. Tesla's birth house, the Orthodox Church of St. Peter and Paul, and several other buildings with displays, inventions and exhibits are open to the public.
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