Editing Hiram Maxim (section)

==Birth and early life==
Maxim was born in [[Sangerville, Maine|Sangerville]], [[Maine]] on 5 February 1840, into a family of [[French Huguenot]] origin.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9781332268122/Life-Work-Sir-Hiram-Maxim-1332268129/plp |title=The Life and Work of Sir Hiram Maxim: Knight, Chevalier De La Legion D'honneur, Etc |publisher= Forgotten Books}}</ref> He became an apprentice [[Coach (vehicle)|coach]]builder at the age of 14 and ten years later, took up a job at the machine works of his uncle, Levi Stephens, at [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts]]. He subsequently worked as an instrument-maker and as a draughtsman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Hiram_Stevens_Maxim|title=Hiram Stevens Maxim |publisher= Grace's Guide|access-date= 6 December 2013}}</ref>
(His early jobs in these areas led him to be often disappointed with workers when he ran his own companies later on in life.){{Citation needed|date=February 2019}} Hiram called himself a Protestant.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CH48DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22hiram+maxim%22+%22protestant%22&pg=PA220 | isbn=978-0-19-518951-3 | title=Inventing Modern: Growing up with X-Rays, Skyscrapers, and Tailfins | date=18 May 2005 | publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref>