Who invented the canard wing?

I know that early planes like those built by Santos Dumont and the Voisin brothers used canard wings but who invented the canard wing?

*Update*

The plane built by Hiram Maxim and tested in 1894 had a canard wing for pitch control. 

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*Hiram Maxim's plane*

So, it is quite evident that this type of wing was not invented by the Wright brothers as some people believe.


  [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/Poplf.jpg
  [2]: http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/images/maxim_1894_side_elev_1000.jpg
  [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/pt0Uy.jpg
  [4]: http://flyingmachines.ru/Images7/Putnam/Pioneers/46-1.jpg