Benjamin Abrams

Benjamin Abrams (August 18, 1893 – June 23, 1967) 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 was a member of Farragut Lodge No 976 in New York.

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