| LC control no. | n 85340021 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971 |
| Variant(s) | Sarnoff, David, 1891- |
| Associated country | United States Belarus |
| Located | New York (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 18910227 |
| Death date | 19711212 |
| Place of birth | Minskai︠a︡ voblastsʹ (Belarus) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Radio broadcasting Television broadcasting |
| Affiliation | Radio Corporation of America National Broadcasting Company |
| Profession or occupation | Executives Businesspeople |
| Found in | Bilby, K. The general, c1986: CIP t.p. (David Sarnoff) auth. note (d. 1971) LC data base, 2-3-86 (hdg.: Sarnoff, David, 1891- ; Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971) The entrepreneurs, an American adventure. Part 6, Instant America [VR] 1991, c1986: container (David Sarnoff; founded RCA & NBC) Funk and Wagnalls WWW Home page, Dec. 12, 2000: encyclopedia (David Sarnoff, 1891-1971, Russian-born American broadcasting executive; founded RCA and NBC) Britannica.com, academic edition, October 1, 2014 (David Sarnoff, (born February 27, 1891, Minsk, Russia; died December 12, 1971, New York, N.Y., U.S.), American pioneer in the development of both radio and television broadcasting; general manager of the newly formed Radio Corporation of America (RCA); in 1926 he formed the National Broadcasting Company (NBC); he became president of RCA in 1930 and chairman of the board in 1947, retiring in 1970; as a boy in Russia Sarnoff spent several years in preparing for a career as a Jewish scholar of the Talmud; he emigrated with his family in 1900 and settled first in Albany, N.Y., and then in New York City) |
| Associated language | eng |
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