# J. Throgmorton Bankhead — Short Science Fiction character guide

> J. Throgmorton Bankhead in Short Science Fiction by Isaac Asimov.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Bankhead

**First appearance:** 0000-the-magnificent-possession

## Snapshot

A self-styled go-getter with elastic scruples, he wants the secret of ammonium metal and has no intention of paying a million dollars for it.

## Who they are

Bankhead moves through the story as the smiling menace behind every negotiation, a man whose wealth and connections make him harder to refuse than to outwit. Where Sills and Taylor dream of cashing in, Bankhead simply plans to take, and his quiet visit to an unsavory acquaintance sets the burglary in motion. His appetite for the formula turns a lucky invention into a trap.

## Relationships

### [Walter Sills](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_science_fiction_se/characters/walter_sills)

_professional_

J. Throgmorton Bankhead and Walter Sills are business or political partners, likely working together in a corporate or bureaucratic hierarchy.

### [Eugene Taylor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_science_fiction_se/characters/eugene_taylor)

_professional_

Eugene Taylor and J. Throgmorton Bankhead are colleagues or rivals in a corporate or political environment, with frequent interactions suggesting negotiation or conflict.

### [Joseph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_science_fiction_se/characters/joseph)

_professional_

J. Throgmorton Bankhead and Joseph have a professional relationship, possibly as employer and employee or political allies.

### [Eugene Taylor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_science_fiction_se/characters/eugene_taylor)

_professional_

Eugene Taylor and J. Throgmorton Bankhead are colleagues or rivals in a corporate or political environment, with frequent interactions suggesting negotiation or conflict.

### [Walter Sills](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_science_fiction_se/characters/walter_sills)

_professional_

J. Throgmorton Bankhead and Walter Sills are business or political partners, likely working together in a corporate or bureaucratic hierarchy.

### [Walter Sills](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_science_fiction_se/characters/walter_sills)

_professional_

J. Throgmorton Bankhead and Walter Sills are business or political partners, likely working together in a corporate or bureaucratic hierarchy.

### [Joseph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_science_fiction_se/characters/joseph)

_professional_

J. Throgmorton Bankhead and Joseph have a professional relationship, possibly as employer and employee or political allies.

### [Eugene Taylor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_science_fiction_se/characters/eugene_taylor)

_professional_

Eugene Taylor and J. Throgmorton Bankhead are colleagues or rivals in a corporate or political environment, with frequent interactions suggesting negotiation or conflict.

## In the story

### [The Magnificent Possession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_science_fiction_se/chapters/the-magnificent-possession)

Captain of industry who panics at the news of a gold substitute threatening his plating business.

### [A Night of Trouble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_science_fiction_se/chapters/a-night-of-trouble)

Wealthy industrialist who offers a paltry sum for the patent and later conspires with unsavory contacts.

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