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Birth Name: Hiram Stevens Maxim
Born: 5 February 1840 Died: 24 November 1916
Country of origin: 
United States
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Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim was an American-born British inventor best known as the creator of the first portable fully 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.
Maxim experimented with powered flight; his large aircraft designs were never successful. He designed a highly successful amusement ride called the "Captive Flying Machine" to fund his research while generating public interest in flight.
Maxim moved from the United States to the United Kingdom at the age of 41,
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