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{{Short description|American inventor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox person | name =Hiram Percy Maxim | image =Hiram Percy Maxim.png | image_size =250px | caption = Hiram Percy Maxim, c.1914 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=y|1869|09|02}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=y|1936|02|17|1869|08|02}} | death_place =[[La Junta, Colorado]] | death_cause = | resting_place =Rose Hill Cemetery | resting_place_coordinates = | occupation =[[Inventor]] | spouse =Josephine Hamilton | children =Hiram Hamilton Maxim <br /> Percy Maxim Lee | parents = [[Hiram Stevens Maxim]] | relatives =[[Hudson Maxim]] (uncle) | callsign = [[W1AW]] <small>(most notable)</small> | website = | footnotes = | alma_mater = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (1886) }} '''Hiram Percy Maxim ''' (September 2, 1869 – February 17, 1936) was an [[Americans|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 (firearms)|silencer]], and also with developing mufflers for internal combustion engines.
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