Sir Hiram Maxim

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Sir Hiram Maxim was a British-American inventor best known for creating the Maxim machine gun, one of the first fully automatic firearms.

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instanceOf human ⓘ
activeYears 1860s–1910s ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Bachelor ⓘ
Order of the Bath (honorary, disputed/attributed) ⓘ
linked to: Order of the Bath
birthDate 1840-02-05 ⓘ
birthPlace Sangerville, Maine, United States ⓘ
burialPlace West Norwood Cemetery, London, United Kingdom ⓘ
child Florence Maxim ⓘ
Hiram Percy Maxim ⓘ
linked to: Sir Hiram Maxim
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1916-11-24 ⓘ
educatedIn self-taught engineering ⓘ
employer Maxim Gun Company ⓘ
ethnicGroup Yankee American ⓘ
familyName Maxim ⓘ
fieldOfWork aviation ⓘ
electrical engineering ⓘ
firearms engineering ⓘ
founded Maxim Gun Company ⓘ
genre technical innovation ⓘ
givenName Hiram ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
influenced development of automatic weapons ⓘ
military tactics in late 19th century ⓘ
knownFor Maxim gun ⓘ
early machine gun design ⓘ
experiments in heavier-than-air flight ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
movement arms industry innovation ⓘ
name Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim ⓘ
linked to: Sir Hiram Maxim
notableEvent demonstration of Maxim gun in the 1880s ⓘ
notableIdea fully automatic recoil-operated firearm ⓘ
notableInvention Maxim gun ⓘ
silencer for gas and steam pipes ⓘ
steam-powered flying machine ⓘ
notableWork Maxim machine gun ⓘ
book "My Life" (autobiography) ⓘ
occupation engineer ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
patent automatic machine gun cooling system ⓘ
improvements in electric lighting ⓘ
inhaler for medical use ⓘ
mousetrap design ⓘ
recoil-operated machine gun mechanism ⓘ
placeOfDeath Streatham, London, England, United Kingdom ⓘ
relative Hudson Maxim ⓘ
religion agnosticism ⓘ
residence London, England, United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: London, England
significantDate 1884 (completion of practical Maxim gun) ⓘ
spouse Jane Budden ⓘ
title Knight Bachelor ⓘ

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West Norwood Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Sir Hiram Maxim ⓘ
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West Norwood Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim ⓘ
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West Norwood Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Sir Hiram Maxim, weapons designer ⓘ
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West Norwood Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Sir Hiram Maxim, British-American inventor ⓘ
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Hiram Maxim → name → Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim ⓘ
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Hiram Maxim → child → Hiram Percy Maxim ⓘ
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Maxim machine gun → inventor → Hiram Stevens Maxim ⓘ
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Maxim machine gun → namedAfter → Hiram Maxim ⓘ
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Hiram → hasNotableBearer → Hiram Percy Maxim ⓘ
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Flying Machines → manufacturer → Sir Hiram Maxim ⓘ
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Sangerville, Maine → hasBirthplaceOf → Hiram Maxim ⓘ
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Sangerville, Maine → hasNotablePerson → Hiram Maxim ⓘ
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Maxim gun → inventor → Hiram Stevens Maxim ⓘ
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Maxim gun → namedAfter → Hiram Maxim ⓘ
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Maxim Gun Company → foundedBy → Hiram Stevens Maxim ⓘ
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Maxim Gun Company → namedAfter → Hiram Stevens Maxim ⓘ
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Maxim Gun Company → hasInventor → Hiram Stevens Maxim ⓘ
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Florence Maxim → childOf → Hiram Maxim ⓘ
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Florence Maxim → hasFather → Hiram Maxim ⓘ
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Hudson Maxim → sibling → Hiram Maxim ⓘ
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Hudson Maxim → relative → Hiram Percy Maxim ⓘ
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Jane Budden → spouseOf → Hiram Maxim ⓘ
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Jane Budden → associatedWith → Hiram Maxim ⓘ
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Jane Budden → associatedWith → Maxim gun inventor Hiram Maxim ⓘ
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Jane Budden → spouseFullName → Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim ⓘ
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MG 08 → designer → Hiram Maxim ⓘ
subject linked to: MG 08 machine gun
linked to: Sir Hiram Maxim