PIONEER:


nationality:
occupation:

born: 19 April 1858, Hanover, GERMANY
died: 23 May 1938, Hanover, GERMANY


PARENTS:


father: Samuel BERLINER (b. 1 May 1813, .......... - d. .... 1872, ..........)
mother: Sally FRIEDMANN (b. .. 1826, .......... - d. .... 1903, ..........)
they got married on 28 Febr 1847

children:

  • Hermann (b. 1848)
  • Jacob (b. 1849)
  • Adolph (b. 1850)
  • Emil (b. 1851)
  • Manfred (b. 29 Jan 1853, ....... - d. 24 Feb 1931, Hanover)
  • Franziska (b. 1854)
  • Rebecka (b. 1855)
  • Moritz (b. 1856)
  • Johanne (b. 1857 - d. 1857)
  • Joseph (b. 19 April 1858, Hanover, GERMANY - d. 23 May 1938, Hanover, GERMANY)
  • N.N. (b. 1859 - d. 1859)
  • Rahel (b. 1864)
  • Else (b. 1869)



LIFE:


Together with Emile founded Telephon-Fabrik Berliner in Hanover in 1881
In 1883 Jacob Berliner joined them

Picture of Joseph Berliner on p. 35 of The Talking Machine Review No. 25 (December 1973)
Picture of Joseph Berliner on p. 78 of: 100 Jahre Schallplatte; von Hannover in die Welt


NOTES:

  • "Favorite: the story of an independent German record company (1904-1914)" by Hugo Strötbaum (in: The Lindström Project. Contributions to the history of the record industry / Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schallplattenindustrie. Vol. 2 (editors: Pekka Gronow & Christiane Hofer). Gesellschaft für Historische Tonträger, Wien 2010. ISBN 978-3-9500502-1-9
  • The Talking Machine Review No. 25 (December 1973)
  • 100 Jahre Schallplatte; von Hannover in die Welt
  • "Oliver Berliner" by George Frow (in: Hillandale News No. 169 of August 1989 (pp. 230-231))
  • S. Berliner, III's Hannover Berliners Page (online)






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