Premise: Nikola Tesla ( Никола Тесла 10 July 1856 -- 7 January 1943 ) was a Serbian-American inventor , electrical engineer , mechanical engineer , physicist , and futurist who is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current ( AC ) electricity supply system . Born and raised in the Austrian Empire , Tesla received an advanced education in engineering and physics in the 1870s and gained practical experience in the early 1880s working in telephony and at Continental Edison in the new electric power industry . Serbian Americans ( Амерички Срби / Američki Srbi ) are United States citizens of Serb ethnic ancestry .
Hypothesis: Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American citizen.
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