Emile Berliner

@Discoverers, Life Achievements and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Emile Berliner was a renowned American inventor with many inventions to his credit; which include the gramophone American Inventors & Discoverers Taurus Celebrities Emile Berliner was a famous American inventor who is best known for his invention of gramophone. Born in Germany, this innovator fled his war torn country and settled in the United States. Despite dire financial circumstances, he was insistent in his quest to attain knowledge and worked odd jobs during the day while attending college at night. With his inquisitive bend of mind he was intrigued by the invention of Abraham Graham Bell and began studying the telephonic device. Even with the basic knowledge he possessed in physics, Berliner was able to design a transmitter that provided better amplification of the audio. The American Bell Telephone Company were impressed by his skills and offered him a position where he worked with acoustics. He continued with his inventions and came up with many innovative ideas which included a loom for spinning fabric that enabled mass production and a light-weight engine that could be used in helicopter. Utilising his experience with sound and acoustics, he came up with a tile that could be used to amplify the sound within concert halls. However his most notable invention was the gramophone which beckoned a new era in sound recording. He even founded the Berliner Gramophone Company to manufacture the device. Read on to know more about his life and works

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Birthday: May 20, 1851 Died on: August 3, 1929 Nationality: American Famous: Discoverers, Inventors, Inventors & Discoverers Spouses: Cora Adler Known as: Émile Berliner, Emil Berliner Childrens: Henry Berliner, Oliver Berliner Information Detail Birthday May 20, 1851 Died on August 3, 1929 Nationality American Famous Discoverers, Inventors, Inventors & Discoverers Spouses Cora Adler Known as Émile Berliner, Emil Berliner Childrens Henry Berliner, Oliver Berliner Universities Cooper Union Founder / Co-Founder Berliner Gramophone Gramophone Company Victor Talking Machine Company Berliner Gram-o-phone Company of Canada RCA Records Deutsche Grammophon Discoveries / Inventions Disc Record Gramaphone Phonograph Birth Place Hanover Religion Judaism Gender Male Sun Sign Taurus Born in Hanover Famous as Inventor Died at Age 78

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Emile was married to Cora Adler in the year 1881, the same year he was officially declared an American national.Their son Henry Berliner was the founder of the ‘Berliner Aircraft Company’. Unsplash Personal Life

The eminent inventor breathed his last on August 3, 1929 in Washington DC. His death was caused by a heart attack and he was interred at the ‘Rock Creek Cemetry’. Unsplash Personal Life

Emile Berliner was born to parents Samuel and Sarah Fridman Berliner on May 20, 1851 in the Hanover city of Germany. The Berliners’ were a large family with eleven children and while Samuel was a teacher of religious texts Sarah specialised in music. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Emile completed his studies from schools in Hanover, Wolfenbuttel and Samsonschule, in the year 1865. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

After completing his training to become a merchant, he started work as an accountant. Though he was passionate about inventing new objects and solving problems, his financial conditions prohibited him from pursuing his dreams. Unsplash Career

He left the war torn country and landed in Washington D.C., United States in 1870. In the new city he worked a clerical job at ‘Gotthelf, Behrend and Co’, which was partially owned by his friend’s father. Unsplash Career

In 1873, he moved to the New York City and worked odd jobs during the day to make ends meet. At night,Emile attended the ‘Cooper Union Institute’ where he studied subjects like physics. Unsplash Career

During the period 1873-76, he worked as a travelling salesman for a clothing retailer in the city of Milwaukee for a while and then returned to New York to work as a cleaning person in the office of renowned chemist Constantin Fahlberg. It was this exposure to the world of scientific research that fuelled his desire to take up a career in this field. Unsplash Career

In 1876, Berliner shifted back to Washington and re-joined ‘Gotthelf, Behrend and Co’ as a clerk. It was during the same time that Alexander Graham Bell was credited with the invention of telephone. The instrument piqued the interest of Berliner and he set about studying the device. Unsplash Career

Berliner is credited with many significant inventions but his invaluable contribution was the invention of gramophone which heralded a new era in the world of sound recording. Another of his invention that revolutionized the aviation industry was the light weight IC engine which could successfully power the rotors of a helicopter. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	May 20, 1851
Died on	August 3, 1929
Nationality	American
Famous	Discoverers, Inventors, Inventors & Discoverers
Spouses	Cora Adler
Known as	Émile Berliner, Emil Berliner
Childrens	Henry Berliner, Oliver Berliner
Universities	Cooper Union
Founder / Co-Founder	Berliner Gramophone Gramophone Company Victor Talking Machine Company Berliner Gram-o-phone Company of Canada RCA Records Deutsche Grammophon
Discoveries / Inventions	Disc Record Gramaphone Phonograph
Birth Place	Hanover
Religion	Judaism
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Taurus
Born in	Hanover
Famous as	Inventor
Died at Age	78

Emile Berliner

American

May 20, 1851

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