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Avery Robert Fisher
1906 - Born in Brooklyn, New York on the 4th of March.
1929 - He graduated from New York University and subsequently worked two years in the publishing industry.
- Fisher, an amateur violinist, began experimenting with audio design and acoustics.
1937 - He established his first company, Philharmonic Radio.
1945 - He sold the company and began his second audio company, called Fisher Radio.
1950 - He invented the transistorized amplifier and the first stereo radio-phonograph.
1959-1961 - His company also made important improvements in AM-FM stereo tuner design.
1969 - He sold his company to the Emerson Electric Company for US $31 million, which in turn sold the company to Sanyo of Japan. Fisher was a consultant for both Emerson and Sanyo.
- He was a noted philanthropist during his life, sitting on the boards of the New York Philharmonic and The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
1944 - Fisher died in New York City.
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