Huffington Post - 7/10/13, Alexis Kleinman
circa 1900: Headshot portrait of Yugoslavian-born physicist and electrical engineer, Nikola Tesla. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The Serbian engineer, who moved to the U.S. at age 35, is considered one of the most important and most overlooked inventors of all time -- as he lost the spotlight again and again in the 19th century to the flashier Thomas Edison. Indeed, his rivalry with Edison morphed into one of the most epic battles of all time.
Like so many brillant artists and inventors Tesla didn't gain real acclaim until after his death at age 86: Many modern science and history enthusiasts have developed a fondness for him. The man behind the online comic The Oatmeal even raised money to buy the long-forgotten land where Tesla's laboratory once stood and build a Tesla museum there. He ended up raising more than $1.3 million for the museum.
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