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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.
Biography. The name of Hiram Stevens Maxim (Feb 5 1840 - Nov 4 1916) is immediately associated with the invention and development of the machine gun. However, his name figured prominently with the development of early incandescent lamps, and it is in that regard that this short write-up is made. Hiram S. Maxim was born near Sangerville, Maine, USA.
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.
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim. occupation: Engineer, Inventor. Nationality: American; British. born in: Maine, United States. 1878 - becomes chief engineer to the United States Electric Lighting Company: the first such company to be formed in the United States.
