Hiram Maxim

CTL-E-4236 · Person · other · 1880s

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Inventor and industrialist; Lewis Latimer worked with Maxim at the U.S. Electric Lighting Company from 1881 on carbon filaments, collaborating with Joseph V. Nichols.

Notes

RELP97 supporting entity: edge endpoint for CTL-E-1069 worked_under. Identity-checked 2026-10-06: no collision.

Referenced by

Lewis Howard Latimer — worked under → this record

Sources

Interesting Engineering, 'Lewis Howard Latimer'. https://www.interestingengineering.com/engineers-directory/lewis-howard-latimer
mytwocents.press, 'Electric lamp / Carbon filament for light bulb - Lewis Latimer - 1881'. https://mytwocents.press/electric-lamp-co-inventor-joseph-v-nichols-carbon-filament-for-light-bulb-lewis-lattimer-1881-1882-patent-247097-252386/

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