Engineers and Inventors in Chicago
The atlas holds 3 people and 5 moments here, from 1893 to 1917. The most recorded lives are Nikola Tesla, Walt Disney and Thomas Edison.
Notable people
Nikola Tesla
from 1893 to 1899
2 moments here
Serbian-American engineer and inventor best known for foundational work on alternating-current power systems, the induction motor, high-frequency…
Walt Disney
from 1901 to 1917
2 moments here
Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. His documented movements include childhood residences in…
Thomas Edison
in 1893
1 moment here
American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…
Moments
- 1893 World's Columbian Exposition demonstrations Nikola Tesla
- 1893 Visits Chicago Columbian Exposition Thomas Edison
- 1899 Commercial Club address Nikola Tesla
- 1901 Birth at the Disney family home Walt Disney
- 1917 Return to Chicago for high school Walt Disney