"1916-11-24Z"^^ . "American-born inventor" . . . "1916Z"^^ . . "1840-02-05Z"^^ . . "Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (5 February 1840 \u2013 24 November 1916) was an inventor who moved from the United States to the United Kingdom at the age of 41. He remained an American citizen until he became a naturalised British subject in 1900. He was the inventor of the Maxim Gun \u2013 the first portable, fully automatic machine gun \u2013 and held patents on mechanical devices such as a mousetrap, hair-curling irons, and steam pumps."@en . "Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim"@en . . "1840Z"^^ . . . . "Maxim, Hiram Stevens"@en . .