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Sir Hiram Stephens Maxim - American-British inventor and gunsmith, creator of one of the most famous machine guns - the Maxim machine gun.
Hiram Maxim married his first wife, the English-born Jane Budden, on 11 May 1867 in Boston, Massachusetts. Their children were: Hiram Percy Maxim; Florence Maxim, who married George Albert Cutter, and Adelaide Maxim, who married Eldon Joubert, Ignacy Jan Paderewski's piano tuner. [38]
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (ur. 5 lutego 1840 w Sangerville w stanie Maine, zm. 24 listopada 1916 w Londynie) – wynalazca i przedsiębiorca amerykańskiego pochodzenia, w 1880 roku wyemigrował do Zjednoczonego Królestwa Wielkiej Brytanii i Irlandii. Za swe dokonania wyróżniony w 1901 roku tytułem szlacheckim przez królową Wiktorię.
Sir Hiram S. Maxim. This article was written by fellow lamp engineer and collector Edward J. Covington, and originally appeared on his own website of biographical sketches of persons involved in the lamp industry. Following his passing in February 2017, and with kind permission of his family, Ed's words have been preserved here in the hope of ...
Hiram Maxim (born February 5, 1840, Sangerville, Maine, U.S.—died November 24, 1916, London, England) was a prolific inventor best known for the Maxim machine gun. The eldest son of a farmer who was a locally notable mechanic, Maxim was apprenticed at age 14 to a carriage maker.
He married her in May 1888 although may not have been divorced from his wife at the time. Maxim was a very jealous man, and is reported to have been envious of other scientists’ inventions, including Edison and his own brother Isaac, an explosives engineer. The brothers’ feud got out of control.
11 lut 2024 · Husband of Sarah Ann (Haynes) Maxim — married 1890 in Mayfair, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. Descendants. Father of Hiram Percy Maxim, Florence (Maxim) Cutter and Adelaide Louise (Maxim) Joubert. Died 24 Nov 1916 at age 76 in Streatham, London, England, United Kingdom.
