Emile Berliner

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German-born American inventor (1851-1929)

United States ScientistsLived 1851 to 1929 · aged 78

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Emile Berliner 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.

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1897 Berliner Gramophone record

E. Berliner Toy Gramophone, 1889 (collection Musée des ondes Emile Berliner, Montreal)

Emile Berliner with a veiled woman

Marker for the Berliner family in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

Awards 5

1994National Inventors Hall of Fame

1987Grammy Trustees Award

1929Franklin Medal

1913Elliott Cresson Medal

1897John Scott Award

In their orbit 5

ChildHenry Berliner

ChildHerbert Samuel Berliner

SiblingJoseph Berliner

SiblingJacob Berliner

SiblingManfred Berliner

Connected to Emile 6

Alan J. HeegerAlso won John Scott Award

Ahmet ErtegünAlso won Grammy Trustees Award

Frederick ReinesAlso won Franklin Medal

Mihajlo PupinAlso won Elliott Cresson Medal

Harold ArlenAlso won Grammy Trustees Award

Hideyo NoguchiAlso won John Scott Award

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