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Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (5 February 1840 – 24 November 1916) was an American-born British inventor best known as the creator of the first automatic machine gun, the Maxim gun. [1] Maxim held patents on numerous mechanical devices such as hair-curling irons , a mousetrap , and steam pumps .
He published his first book, Jews, God and History in 1962 to overwhelming success. [2] The Los Angeles Times praised the book as "unquestionably the best popular history of the Jews written in the English language." [8] He and his wife Ethel visited Israel for the first time following the publication. [9]
Jacob Katz, was Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and author or editor of many books on medieval and modern Jewish social history [citation needed] Steven T. Katz, U.S. historian of the Holocaust; Shmuel Katz, Israeli historian; Solomon Katz, U.S. historian [2]
Hiram Percy Maxim (September 2, 1869 – February 17, 1936) was an American radio pioneer and inventor, and co-founder (with Clarence D. Tuska) of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). Hiram Percy Maxim is credited with inventing and selling the first commercially successful firearm silencer , and also with developing mufflers for internal ...
Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840–1916): American-born British inventor. He invented the Maxim gun, the first portable, fully automatic machine gun; and other devices, including an elaborate mousetrap. [218] [219] Ernst Mayr (1904–2005): Renowned taxonomist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, historian of science, and naturalist.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 January 2025. Antisemitic set of publications of the 1920s The International Jew, The World's Problem — 1920 articles in the Dearborn Independent Part of a series on Antisemitism Part of Jewish history and discrimination History Timeline Reference Definitions IHRA definition Jerusalem Declaration ...
Raphael Patai says that in the conclusion of his book, Yerushalmi predicts that Jewish history—with modern Jewish historical research dating from the 1880s—will never replace Jewish memory and there will be a time when a "new consciousness will prevail that will wonder why so many of us were immersed in history." [7]
Hiram Walker, superhuman protagonist in the novel The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates; Hiram Wolfe the adoptive grandfather wolf of Heffer Wolfe from Rocko's Modern Life; Hiram Worchester, a character from the book series Wild Cards; Dr. Hiram Baker, doctor in Walnut Grove, a character in a television series "Little House on the Prairie"