Nikola Tesla
1856 to 1943
11 documented presences
11 places
Quo Fuit places 11 dated presences for Nikola Tesla across 11 places, from 1861 to 1934. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American engineer, futurist, and inventor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Nikola Tesla was documented, and when
1861year
Smiljan, Croatiaattested
“In 1861, Tesla attended primary school in Smiljan where he studied German, arithmetic, and religion.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1870year
Karlovacattested
“In 1870, Tesla moved to Karlovac to attend high school at the Higher Real Gymnasium where the classes were held in German.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1870year
Gymnasium Karlovacattested
“In 1870, Tesla moved to Karlovac to attend high school at the Higher Real Gymnasium where the classes were held in German.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1881year
Budapestattested
“Tesla moved to Budapest, Hungary, in 1881 to work under Tivadar Puskás at a telegraph company, the Budapest Telephone Exchange.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1889year
Manhattanattested
“In 1889, Tesla moved out of the Liberty Street shop Peck and Brown had rented and for the next dozen years worked out of a series of workshop/laboratory spaces in Manhattan.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1899year
Colorado Springs, Coloradoattested
“To further study the conductive nature of low-pressure air, Tesla set up an experimental station at high altitude in Colorado Springs during 1899.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1899year
Coloradoattested
“To further study the conductive nature of low-pressure air, Tesla set up an experimental station at high altitude in Colorado Springs during 1899.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1900year
New York Cityattested
“Tesla lived at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City from 1900 and ran up a large bill.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1900year
New Yorkattested
“Tesla lived at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City from 1900 and ran up a large bill.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1900year
Waldorf Astoria Hotelattested
“Tesla lived at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City from 1900 and ran up a large bill.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1934year
Wyndham New Yorker Hotelattested
“Tesla moved to the Hotel New Yorker in 1934.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
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Places Nikola Tesla is documented in
Budapest1 presence · 1881Colorado1 presence · 1899Manhattan1 presence · 1889New York1 presence · 1900New York City1 presence · 1900
Colorado Springs, Colorado1 presence · 1899
Gymnasium Karlovac1 presence · 1870
Karlovac1 presence · 1870
Smiljan, Croatia1 presence · 1861
Waldorf Astoria Hotel1 presence · 1900
Wyndham New Yorker Hotel1 presence · 1934
Other places tied to Nikola Tesla in the record
In each of these, a source puts Nikola Tesla and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Nikola Tesla was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1875year
Imperial-Royal Technical College in Grazmentioned
“He enrolled at the Imperial-Royal Technical College in Graz in 1875 on a Military Frontier scholarship.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1875year
Grazmentioned
“He enrolled at the Imperial-Royal Technical College in Graz in 1875 on a Military Frontier scholarship.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
March 1879month
Praguementioned
“In March 1879, Milutin finally located his son and tried to convince him to return home and take up his education in Prague.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1882year
Parismentioned
“In 1882, Tivadar Puskás got Tesla another job in Paris with the Continental Edison Company.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1884year
United Statesmentioned
“In 1884, Edison manager Charles Batchelor, who had been overseeing the Paris installation, was brought back to the United States to manage the Edison Machine Works, a manufacturing division situated in New York City, and asked that Tesla…”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1884year
New York Citymentioned
“In 1884, Edison manager Charles Batchelor, who had been overseeing the Paris installation, was brought back to the United States to manage the Edison Machine Works, a manufacturing division situated in New York City, and asked that Tesla…”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1884year
New Yorkmentioned
“In 1884, Edison manager Charles Batchelor, who had been overseeing the Paris installation, was brought back to the United States to manage the Edison Machine Works, a manufacturing division situated in New York City, and asked that Tesla…”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
7 December 1884exact date
Edison Machine Worksmentioned
“Tesla's diary contains just one comment on what happened at the end of his employment, a note he scrawled across the two pages covering 7 December 1884, to 4 January 1885, saying "Good By to the Edison Machine Works".”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1890year
Londonmentioned
“The near collapse of Barings Bank in London triggered the financial panic of 1890, causing investors to call in their loans to Westinghouse Electric.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1893year
Chicagomentioned
“Westinghouse Electric asked Tesla to participate in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago where the company had a large space in the "Electricity Building" devoted to electrical exhibits.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
13 May 1899exact date
Chicagomentioned
“Tesla took the opportunity to further demonstrate "Teleautomatics" in an address to a meeting of the Commercial Club in Chicago, while he was traveling to Colorado Springs, on 13 May 1899.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
December 1901month
Englandmentioned
“In December 1901, Marconi transmitted the letter S from England to Newfoundland, defeating Tesla in the race to be first to complete such a transmission.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1906year
Manhattanmentioned
“In 1906, Tesla opened offices at 165 Broadway in Manhattan, trying to raise further funds by developing and marketing his patents.”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1910 to 1925period
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Towermentioned
“He went on to have offices at the Metropolitan Life Tower from 1910 to 1914; rented for a few months at the Woolworth Building, moving out because he could not afford the rent; and then to office space at 8 West 40th Street from 1915 to…”
source: Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla
1910 to 1925period
1910 to 1911period
1910 to 1911period
1937year
Documented at the same place, the same year
Oswald AveryNew York · 1900Alphonse MuchaNew York City · 1900John BarrymoreNew York · 1900Franz BoasWaldorf Astoria Hotel · 1900Erich FrommWyndham New Yorker Hotel · 1934José FerrerWyndham New Yorker Hotel · 1934
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting. Quo Fuit will never say they met without a source that says so.
How to read this page
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Sources
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