John Hammond

**Dr. John Hammond** is a major character in the *Jurassic Park* franchise.

#### Origins

John Hammond was a Scottish man who after working at a flea circus as a child, dreamed of creating something real for people to enjoy. He created the company International Genetics Incorporated or InGen where he and scientist Dr. Henry Wu worked on genetically recreating dinosaurs from preserved dinosaur blood in amber for a theme-park called *Jurassic Park* on Isla Nublar.

The theme-park received financial backing from *Cowan, Swain and Ross*, and John used the mosquito preserved in amber which provided dinosaur blood as head of his cane. The head computer programmer was one Dennis Nedry, who Hammond verbally harassed and underpaid resulting in Nedry agreeing to commit industrial-sabotage for Hammond's rival Lewis Dodgson and steal various dinosaur embryos.

#### Jurassic Park

In 1993, Hammond invited his grandchildren along with palaeontologists Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler to defend him from the lawyer Donald Gennaro sent by *Cowan, Swain and Ross*. With him, Gennaro brought mathematician Dr. Ian Malcolm in order to assess if the park was worth the company's money. Much to Hammond's surprise, the scientists all were opposed to the dangers of bringing back dinosaurs to make into an attraction while the one one on Hammond's side was the money-hungry lawyer.

While at the park, a hurricane hit the island at the same time as Nedry compromising the security to make his theft and subsequent escape (before getting killed by dilophosaurus). Nedry's actions resulted in the dinosaurs breaking free throughout the park, killing and terrorizing various people while Hammond and a few other survivors hid in the Discovery Center. Eventually, the survivors united and escaped the island.

#### Second Park

John Hammond worked to reopen Jurassic Park. The reopened Jurassic Park utilized heavier amounts of automation, hoping to phase out human error. This version of Jurassic Park was successfully opened to the public with various attractions and videos for guests recorded with Hammond in them.

However, at some point a break-out of various dinosaurs occurred killing various people (and tourists).

#### Later history

John Hammond presumably died by the time that Jurassic Park became *Jurassic World*.

## Appearances

John Hammond has made rare meet 'n' greet appearances, such as for Jurassic Park's 30th anniversary.

### Jurassic Park River Adventure

John Hammond makes appearances in several pre-show videos. Japan's version of the ride has a sculpture of John Hammond holding a baby dinosaur out to a child in the queue.

### Jurassic World: The Ride

Hammond is referenced in the pre-show videos as creator of the original Jurassic Park.

## Trivia

* In videos for the Jurassic Park river adventure, John Hammond says, "I hope we never lose sight of one thing, that it was all started by a mosquito". This is a parody of Walt Disney's line, "I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing, that it was all started by a mouse".

## References

1. ↑ https://wdwnt.com/2023/06/photos-video-john-hammond-limited-time-meet-and-greet-comes-to-universal-citywalk-orlando-to-celebrate-30-years-of-jurassic-park/
2. ↑ https://www.theorlandodreamer.com/blog/a-final-walk-through-of-the-jurassic-world-tribute-store
3. ↑ https://touringplans.com/blog/s6\_disneyatuniversal/