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Hiram Stevens Maxim

American-born inventor (1840-1916)

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About Hiram Stevens Maxim

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. Maxim laid claim to inventing the lightbulb.

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Occupation: inventor, businessperson, gunsmith

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United States, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Born

February 5, 1840

Died

November 24, 1916

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