Hiram Stevens Maxim 1840–1916 Source: Wikimedia Commons About Hiram Stevens Maxim American-born inventor (1840-1916) People from the Same Era Simon van Gijn 1836–1922 art collector, collector Vlaardingen Jacob H. Sharp 1833–1907 lawyer, politician Pickensville John Morehead Scott 1839–1862 Ludmila Šimáčková 1844–1879 translator, writer Prague Evgenia Konradi 1838–1898 editor, feminist, journalist, opinion journalist, teacher, translator, writer Moscow Emanuel Boricky 1840–1881 mineralogist, pedagogue, teacher Milín