Baer, Ralph H.

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Baer, Ralph H.
Date of birth
1922-03-08
Date of death
2014-12-06
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Television
Video games
Occupation
Engineers
Inventors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 292394629
Wikidata: Q70997
Library of congress: n 2001020137
Sources of Information
  • Burnham, Van. Supercade, 2001:t.p. (Ralph H. Baer)
  • New York times (online), viewed Dec. 8, 2014(in obituary published Dec. 7: Ralph H. Baer; Ralph Henry Baer; b. Mar. 8, 1922, Pirmasens, Germany; his family emigrated to New York in 1938 to escape Hitler and settled in the Bronx; d. Saturday [Dec. 6, 2014], Manchester, N.H., aged 92; turned television sets into electronic fantasy lands by inventing and patenting the first home video game system)