(1856 - 1943)American electrical engineer and inventor, born in Austria-Hungary. He emigrated in 1884 to the US. In 1888 he designed the first practical system of generating and transmitting alternating current for electric power. He is recognized as one of the outstanding pioneers in the electric-powerfield. --edited from Funk and Wagnell's Encyclopedia (Miracles Glossary) Final approval 10.11.89