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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. Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim was a prominent American-born British inventor who created a number of devices, and owned a multitude of patents. He is predominately known for inventing the Maxim Machine Gun, the first easily portable fully automatic weapon. [1]
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.
24 lis 2020 · Hiram Maxim was a prolific inventor of mousetraps, sprinkler systems, and eventually, weaponry. His most successful invention, the world’s first portable machine gun, saw extensive use in World War I and earned him a knighthood (although his work on the roaring machine would later make him deaf).
His first wife was Louisa Jane Budden, an English immigrant whom he married in 1867. They had three children – a son and two daughters. In 1878 he went through a secret marriage with 15-year-old Helen Leighton.
29 maj 2018 · Twice married, Maxim had two children; his son, Hiram Percy Maxim, became well known as an inventor in his own right. Maxim died in Streatham, London, on Nov. 24, 1916. Further Reading
