# Hiram Maxim

> He invented the first automatic machine gun—a device that redefined industrial killing and shaped every war that followed. The Maxim gun made one man worth a hundred.

*American-born inventor (1840-1916)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1840-02-05
- **Died:** 1916-11-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Hiram Stevens Maxim was born in America on 5 February 1840 and spent his early career patenting everything from hair-curling irons to mousetraps to steam pumps; he even laid claim to inventing the lightbulb. At 41 he moved to the United Kingdom, where he created the Maxim gun, the first automatic machine gun, a weapon that would alter warfare permanently. He experimented with powered flight, though his large aircraft designs never got off the ground. Around 1904 he designed the "Captive Flying Machine," a successful amusement ride that funded his research and stirred public fascination with flight. He became a naturalised British citizen in 1899, received a knighthood in 1901, and died on 24 November 1916.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.2 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 22.0 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Scientists, #Scientist, #Entrepreneurship, #Science, #United States, #Americas, #19th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Maxim)
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