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. 

![](http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/images/maxim_1894_side_elev_1000.jpg)

*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.