wayne g. hammond ("wayne gordon hammond;" born february 11, 1953 in cleveland, ohio) is an american scholar known for his research and writings on the works of j. r. r. tolkien. he earned a bachelor of arts degree with honors as an english major at baldwin-wallace college in 1975 and master of arts in library science from the university of michigan in 1976. from august 1976 to june 2015 he was assistant librarian of the chapin library of rare books at williams college, and in july 2015 was promoted to chapin librarian.