Emile Berliner

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Emile Berliner
Born	(1851-05-20)May 20, 1851 Hanover, Kingdom of Hanover
Died	August 3, 1929(1929-08-03) (aged 78) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place	Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S.
Nationality	German, American
Alma mater	Cooper Union Institute
Occupation	Inventor
Known for	Disc record, microphone
Spouse	Cora Adler ​ (m. 1881⁠–⁠1929)​
Children	7 including Henry Berliner
Awards	Elliott Cresson Medal (1913)

Emile Berliner (May 20, 1851 – August 3, 1929) originally Emil Berliner, was a German-American inventor. He is best known for inventing the lateral-cut flat disc record (called a "gramophone record" in British and American English) used with a gramophone. He founded the United States Gramophone Company in 1894;^[1] The Gramophone Company in London, England, in 1897; Deutsche Grammophon in Hanover, Germany, in 1898; and Berliner Gram-o-phone Company of Canada in Montreal in 1899 (chartered in 1904). Berliner also invented what was probably the first radial aircraft engine (1908), a helicopter (1919), and acoustical tiles (1920s).^{[citation needed]}