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Emile Berliner (May 20, 1851 - August 3, 1929) was an inventor, best known for developing the disc record gramophone (phonograph in American English).
Born Emil Berliner in Hanover, Germany, he emigrated to the United States of America in 1870, where he established himself in Washington, D.C.. After some time working in a livery stable, he became interested in the new audio technology of the telephone and phonograph, and invented an improved telephone transmitter acquired by the Bell Telephone Company, one of the first types of microphone. Berliner worked for Bell Telephone in Boston from 1877 to 1883, when he returned to Washington and established himself as a private researcher.
Emile Berliner became a United States citizen in 1881.
More on [ Emile Berliner ]
Berliner, Emile - Short biography published by the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Berliner, Emile - Made improvements on Alexander Graham Bell's telephone transmitter and invented the first record player. Page features technological advances and business developments for the company during this period.
Emile Berliner - Inventor of the first telephone microphone and flat disc record player. Includes description of childhood background, early careers, and the influence of Alexander Graham Bell's inventions had on him.
S. Berliner, III's Emile Berliner Page - The story of Emile Berliner, the inventor of the carbon microphone and the disk phonograph, early aviation pioneer, and children's health advocate, and his family.
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