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Emile Berliner
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German-born American inventor (1851–1929)
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Emile Berliner was a German-born Jewish inventor, entrepreneur, electrical engineer, and industrialist. He was educated at Cooper Union and resided in Hanover and the United States. His professional work focused on the microphone, gramophone, audio recording, and the helicopter. He is recognized in the National Inventors Hall Of Fame collection.
Berliner received the Grammy Trustees Award, Elliott Cresson Medal, Franklin Medal, and John Scott Award. He was described by sources including Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography and the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron. He spoke German and English. His family included his child Henry Berliner, sibling Manfred Berliner, and relatives Cora Berliner and Hans Berliner.
Born in Hanover, he emigrated to the United States. He died of a myocardial infarction in Washington, D.C., on August 3, 1929. His manner of death was natural causes. He is buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Emile Berliner (May 20, 1851 – August 3, 1929), originally Emil Berliner, was a German-American inventor. He is best known for inventing the lateral-cut flat disc record used with a gramophone. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Emile+Berliner">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1851-05-20 ) May 20, 1851, Hanover , Kingdom of Hanover
- Died
- August 3, 1929 (1929-08-03) (aged 78), Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Resting place
- Rock Creek Cemetery , Washington, D.C., U.S.
- Alma mater
- Cooper Union Institute
- Occupation
- Inventor
- Known for
- Disc record , microphone
- Spouse
- Cora Adler ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1881 – 1929 )
- Children
- 7 including Henry Berliner
- Awards
- Elliott Cresson Medal (1913)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Emil
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hanover
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Sibling
- Manfred Berliner
- Occupation
- industrialist
- Educated at
- Cooper Union
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- John Scott Award
- Field of work
- history of technology
- Image
- Emile Berliner crop.jpg
- Number of children
- 7
- Residence
- United States
- Significant event
- emigration
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- Emile Berliner
- date of death
- 1929-08-03
- place of burial
- Rock Creek Cemetery
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name
- Emile Berliner
- relative
- Hans Berliner
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- birth name
- Emile Berliner
- date of birth
- 1851-05-20
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Encyclopedic overview
Emile Berliner (born Emil Berliner; May 20, 1851 – August 3, 1929) was a German-American inventor and businessman who invented the lateral-cut flat disc record, also known as a "gramophone record," used with a gramophone. He founded the United States Gramophone Company in 1894.
Early life
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