Benjamin Abrams
Businessperson, Deceased Person
1893 – 1967
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Who was Benjamin Abrams?
Benjamin Abrams was a Romanian-born American businessman and a founder of Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corporation after his purchase of Emerson Records in 1922. 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.
He was born in Dorohoi, Romania and emigrated with his parents to the United States when he was 12.
Abrams was a Freemason. He a member of Farragut Lodge No 976 in New York.
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- Born
- Aug 18, 1893
Romania - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 23, 1967
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on July 23, 2013
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