Emile Berliner

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Emile Berliner was a German-American inventor best known for developing the flat disc gramophone record and significantly advancing sound recording technology.

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Emile Berliner canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf engineer
entrepreneur
human
inventor
burialPlace Rock Creek Cemetery
causeOfDeath myocardial infarction
child Henry Berliner
citizenship German Empire
United States of America
countryOfBirth Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1851-05-20
dateOfDeath 1929-08-03
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Berliner
fieldOfWork acoustics
sound recording
telecommunications
founded Berliner Gramophone Company
Deutsche Grammophon
United States Gramophone Company
givenName Emil
hasNotableRelative Henry Berliner
influenced music distribution
recording industry
knownFor advances in sound recording technology
development of the flat disc gramophone record
invention of the gramophone
languageSpoken English
German
movedTo United States of America
movementDate 1870s
notableWork flat disc record
gramophone
occupation businessperson
engineer
inventor
patent US372786A
US382790A
US564586A
placeOfBirth Hanover
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
religion Judaism
residence New York City
Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender male
sibling Joseph Berliner
workedOn improvements to the telephone transmitter

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Deutsche Grammophon foundedBy Emile Berliner
Berliner gramophone introducedBy Emile Berliner
Berliner gramophone associatedWith Emile Berliner
Berliner Gramophone Company foundedBy Emile Berliner
Berliner Gramophone Company namedAfter Emile Berliner