Toussaint-Henry-Joseph Fafchamps, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Toussaint-Henry-Joseph Fafchamps

Belgian inventor (1783-1868)

Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1783

Place of Birth: Blegny, Wallonia, Belgium

Date of Death: 09-Jul-1868

Profession: inventor, mining engineer

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Toussaint-Henry-Joseph Fafchamps (1783-1868), sometimes spelled Fafschamps, was a Belgian Army captain.
In 1851, with the Belgian gunsmith Joseph Montigny and the Fusnot company, he developed what is sometimes considered the first machine gun in history, 10 years before the advent of the Gatling gun.