John Hays Hammond
John Hays Hammond (born March 31, 1855 , San Francisco , California , USA ; † June 8, 1936 , Gloucester , Massachusetts ) was an American geologist , mining engineer and diplomat .
Life
He was born to Major Richand Pindell Hammond and Sarah Hays Lea in San Francisco in 1855, where his parents moved as part of the California gold rush . He studied at Yale and from 1876 to 1879 at the Royal Saxon Mining Academy in Freiberg , where he also met his future wife Natalie Harris, with whom he had four children.
After completing his studies, he moved back to North America, where he first worked for the US Geological Survey in Washington DC and later in California and Mexico .
In 1893 Hammond went to South Africa , where he worked very successfully in the deep mining of gold and diamonds for Cecil Rhodes, among others . The political situation between the Boers and the British and Americans who immigrated as part of the gold rush was very tense.
In 1895 Hammond was arrested for his involvement in the attack on the Transvaal Republic ( Jameson Raid ) and later sentenced to death. But President Paul Kruger released him after 6 months for a fine. Then Hammond went to England and in 1900 back to North America, where he taught at Yale and became rich in the raw materials sector. In 1914 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
He died on his estate in Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1936 . The Hammond Glacier in Antarctica is named after him.
family
His son John Hays Hammond, Jr. (1888–1965) was an inventor who became known in the USA as the "father of radio remote control ".
Web links
- Article at www.time.com, accessed August 5, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hammond, John Hays |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geologist, mining engineer, and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1936 |
| Place of death | Gloucester, Massachusetts |