Hiram Maxim
American-British inventor
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim was an American-born British inventor best known as the creator of the first automatic machine gun, the Maxim gun. Maxim held patents on numerous mechanical devices such as hair-curling irons, a mousetrap, and steam pumps.... Wikipedia
Born: February 5, 1840, Sangerville, ME
Died: November 24, 1916 (age 76 years), Streatham, London, United Kingdom
Children: Hiram Percy Maxim
Grandchildren: Hiram Hamilton Maxim and Percy H. Maxim Lee
Parents: Isaac Weston Maxim and Harriet Boston
Siblings: Hudson Maxim
Spouse: Sarah Haynes (m. 1881–1916) and Jane Budden (m. 1867–1881)