Background
Hammett, Frederick Simonds was born on November 18, 1885 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Freeman and Nellie Alice (Hunt) Hammett.
Hammett, Frederick Simonds was born on November 18, 1885 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Freeman and Nellie Alice (Hunt) Hammett.
Bachelor of Arts, Tufts, 1908. Master of Science, Rhode Island State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1911. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1914, Doctor of Philosophy, 1915.
Assistant in chemistry, Tufts, 1907-1908. Assistant chemist, Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station, 1909-1912. Teaching fellow in biochemistry, Harvard Medical School, 1913-1915, assistant comparative anatomy, 1914-1915.
Professor biochemistry and physiology, University of Southern California, 1915-1917.
Instructor histology, Harvard Medical School, 1917-1918. Secretary Harvard Graduate School of Medicine, 1918-1919.
Fellow in biochemistry, Wistar Institute, Anatomy, Philadelphia, 1919-1922, assistant professor, 1922-1927. Scientific director, Research Institute of Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1927-1947.
Member Association of Harvard Chemists. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Zoölogists, American Society Biochemists, American Physiological Society, American Genetics assosiation, New York Academy Science, Philadelphia Company Medical Society (honorary), Boston Society Natural History, Order Founders and Patriots America, Society Colonial Wars, Sons of the American Revolution, Fortean Society (honorary founder), Society for Study of Growth and Development (honorary.
Club: Beachcombers (Provincetown).
Member advisory council Yenching University, Peiping, China.
Married 3d, Dorothy Wall Smith, March 27, 1931. Children: Frederick Simonds, Richard Lewis.