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Eldridge R. Johnson

American businessman and engineer (1867-1945) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 78

Eldridge Reeves Johnson was an American businessman and inventor who founded the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1901 through a merger of his Consolidated Talking Machine Company and the Berliner Gramophone Company. He sold the company in 1926 for US$40 million and it became part of RCA Corporation.

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Grammy Trustees Award1985

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Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1867 to 1945 · aged 78