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Emile Berliner

Emile Berliner, German-American inventor, invented the Gramophone record (died 1929)

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Born
May 20, 1851
Died
August 3, 1929
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1851

About Emile Berliner

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. In 1909, Berliner founded the Gyro Motor Company in Washington, D.C. He invented an improved telephone transmitter, one of the first types of microphones. After some time working in a livery stable, Berliner became interested in the new audio technology of the telephone and phonograph.

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Emile Berliner timeline

  1. He founded the United States Gramophone Company in 1894.
  2. In 1909, Berliner founded the Gyro Motor Company in Washington, D.C.

The world when Emile Berliner was born

Emile Berliner was born in 1851. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1851

  • Best-selling bookMoby-Dick by Herman Melville

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineGreat Exhibition in London — first World's Fair
  • Technology milestoneIsaac Singer patents practical sewing machine
  • World population~1.31B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderMillard Fillmore
  • U.S. population23.8M

1851 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Emile Berliner's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18512026
Population23.8M341 million

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