Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856 - January 7, 1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer. He is considered one of the important promoters of the commercialization of electricity and is best known for his design of the modern alternating current system. Based on the electromagnetic field theory discovered by Michael Faraday, Tesla made many revolutionary inventions in the field of electromagnetic fields. His multiple related patents and theoretical research work on electromagnetics are the cornerstone of modern wireless communications and radio.