After some ten years as a schoolmaster at
Gresham's and
Winchester, in 1920 Hammick was elected to a fellowship of
Oriel College, Oxford, where he remained until his death in 1966. For most of his time at Oriel, he was also a lecturer in natural sciences at
Corpus Christi College. His early research was on inorganic substances. He studied
sulphur and its compounds and suggested structures for liquid and plastic sulphur. In 1922 he showed that the polymer
polyoxymethylene results from the sublimation of
trioxymethylene. It was not until the 1960s that this polymer was to be used commercially. He also translated scientific books from French into English.
Career summary • 1906 – 1910: Magdalen College, Oxford (
demy) (
BA 1910) • 1909 – 1910: University of Munich • 1910 – 1918: Assistant Master at
Gresham's School • 1918 – 1920: Assistant Master at
Winchester College • 1920 – 1966: Fellow of
Oriel College, Oxford • 1921 – 1958: Lecturer in natural sciences,
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