Benjamin Abrams

Benjamin Abrams (August 18, 1893 – June 23, 1967)[1] was a Romanian-born American businessman and a founder of Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corporation after his purchase of Emerson Records in 1922.[2] Along with his brothers he invented a number of devices that are commonplace today, among them midget transistor radios, self-powered radios, and clock radios.[3]

Benjamin Abrams
BornAugust 18, 1893
Dorohoi, Romania
DiedJune 23, 1967(1967-06-23) (aged 73)

He was born in Dorohoi, Romania and emigrated with his parents to the United States when he was 12.[4]

Abrams was a Freemason. He was a member of Farragut Lodge No 976 in New York.[5]

References

  1. Biography at hbs.edu
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/27/archives/emerson-radio-shifts-its-management-team.html
  3. Biography Archived January 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine at Consumer Electronics Association website
  4. Marjorie Dent Candee, Current Biography yearbook, Volume 15, Page 3 (H. W. Wilson Company), 1954
  5. Denslow, William R. 10,000 Famous Freemasons, Vol. I, A-D.


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