Dalziel Hammick

March 8, 1887 (age 79)

His major work was in synthetic organic chemistry. Along with Walter Illingworth he promulgated the Hammick-Illingworth rule, which predicts the order of substitution in benzene derivatives. He also developed the Hammick reaction which generates ortho-substituded pyridines. At Oxford, he was a Cadet in the University"s Officers" Training Corps, and in July 1911 he was commissioned as a second lieutenant for service with the Gresham"s School Over-the-counter. 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. Foreign 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 sulfur and its compounds and suggested structures for liquid and plastic sulfur. In 1922 he showed that the polymer polyoxymethylene results from the sublimation of trioxymethylene. lieutenant was not until the 1960s that this polymer was to be used commercially. He also translated scientific books from French into English. summary 1906 – 1910: Magdalen College, Oxford (demy) (Bachelor 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, Corpus Christi College, Oxford The family moved into The Grey Cottage, Old Road, Headington, near Oxford, in 1923, which was also the year of the birth of Hammick"s younger daughter, Judith.

Dalziel Hammick

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The son of L. S. H. Hammick, Dalziel Hammick was educated at Whitgift School, Magdalen College, Oxford (where he was a demy), and at the University of Munich.

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He graduated Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Sciences in 1910 and Master of Arts in 1921.

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His major work was in synthetic organic chemistry. Along with Walter Illingworth he promulgated the Hammick-Illingworth rule, which predicts the order of substitution in benzene derivatives. He also developed the Hammick reaction which generates ortho-substituded pyridines.

At Oxford, he was a Cadet in the University"s Officers" Training Corps, and in July 1911 he was commissioned as a second lieutenant for service with the Gresham"s School Over-the-counter. 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.

Foreign 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 sulfur and its compounds and suggested structures for liquid and plastic sulfur. In 1922 he showed that the polymer polyoxymethylene results from the sublimation of trioxymethylene.

lieutenant was not until the 1960s that this polymer was to be used commercially.

He also translated scientific books from French into English. summary 1906 – 1910: Magdalen College, Oxford (demy) (Bachelor 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, Corpus Christi College, Oxford The family moved into The Grey Cottage, Old Road, Headington, near Oxford, in 1923, which was also the year of the birth of Hammick"s younger daughter, Judith.

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His work was honoured by election as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1952.

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