John Hays Hammond, Jr.

John Hays Hammond, Jr. ( born April 13, 1888 in San Francisco, California, † February 12, 1965 in New York City, New York ) was an American inventor and son of Montan scientist and diplomat John Hays Hammond. He became known as "the father of radio remote control " in the United States.

Early years

After giving birth in San Francisco, his family moved in 1893 to South Africa, where his father was an engineer in the local mines employment. 1898 the family moved to England. There the young Hammond developed a taste for old castles and the life in the past. Around the turn of the century turned the Hammond back in the United States.

The mentors Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell

At the age of 12 years Hammond accompanied his father on a business trip for the company Thomas Edison in West Orange, New Jersey. Hammond presented the famous inventor so many questions that Edison himself showed him his company. The two remained until the death of Edison's 1931 in contact.

While studying at Yale University in Hammond Alexander Graham Bell met and dealt below with the field of radio waves. Even with Bell joined Hammond a lifelong personal friendship.

Activities as an inventor

After graduating in 1910 Hammond was employed at the U.S. Patent Office. After he had risen there professionally, he founded the Hammond Radio Research Laboratory. A total of about 800 patents and 400 inventions in the field of radio waves or marine weapons are listed under his name.

2004 appeared his biography Living in the Past, Looking to the Future