Who do you think is the most influential person of the time period 1898 to 1960... and why?
2007-05-04 04:59:46 · 5 answers · asked by setter767 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Hmmm. I might have one that very few people give notice to, unfortunately.
Nikola Tesla.
This man literally created the modern world in regards to electric. The credit belongs to him, not Edison; for frankly it was Edison that stole it due to his own greed and ego.
This is the man who discovered AC electrical currents, he was bound and determined that this electrical source be free for all mankind as the source was from the ground, not in a machine and therefore inexhaustible supply.
This man was brilliant and more influential than many people give him credit for. He was truly a man before his time. He assisted Westinghouse stay in business and in a great humanitarian cause; tore up his contract which if he kept would have made him the worlds' first billionaire, in fact estimates say--several HUNDREDS of billions of dollars--all for keeping electricity financially attainable for us--little knowing that it would be used for profit later...
All of his paperwork and scientific manuals are in the hands of the Defense Department to this day; though his death was in 1943--it is classified as 'top secret' and you can not get it via the Freedom of Information Act...I tried.
But...there you go.
2007-05-04 10:51:13 · answer #1 · answered by Michelle_My_Belle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FDR because he was in the limelight from 1915-1945 . He led us through the Great Depression with his works programs and his fireside chats, and brought us gradually to the Second World War with calm and decisive leadership as if he was the soldier of freedom . I think it was quite ironic that he died during the war that he led us from the start as the hero he was . His 3+ terms will never be equaled because of the Constitutional amendment which came after his death.
2007-05-04 06:23:12 · answer #2 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Winston S. Churchill, who made a huge personal impact on the outcome of WWII by maintaining the morale of the British public in the face of almost certain defeat.
2007-05-04 07:48:21 · answer #3 · answered by bh8153 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FDR - leader of the most powerful nation on earth through two major world catastrophes - the Depression and World War II.
2007-05-04 06:08:09 · answer #4 · answered by jimbob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Albert Einstein - so much of today's technology would not be possible without his Theory of Relativity.
2007-05-04 05:03:52 · answer #5 · answered by firstythirsty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋