Spark of genius

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Nikola Tesler was a pioneer in electrical science who invented a number of devices such as the speedometer and AC power, as well as advancing knowledge about electricity supply. He is not well-known despite the importance of his work. He was born in 1856 in Serbia, and died in 1943. He made a number of predictions about the future which were not taken seriously, though many turned out to be true. He was not skilled in presenting his ideas, and did not always complete projects, but many of his ideas are only truly appreciated by researchers in the 1990s.

United States, Engineering Services, Population information, Electrical Engineers, Works, Tesla, Nikola

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Professor Roy Knight

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French scholar Roy Knight entered Oriel College, Oxford, England, as an exhibitioner in 1926. He graduated with first class honours in 1931. He became Assistant Lecturer at Birmingham University, England, in 1933, and was promoted to Lecturer in 1936 and Senior Lecturer in 1948. He became Professor of French at the University College of Swansea, Wales, in 1950, and retained this position until 1974. He was created Chevalier in l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques by the French government in 1956, becoming Officier in 1968.

Obituary, College teachers, College faculty, Knight, Roy Clement

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