His undergraduate study was in Mathematics at the University of Cambridge (Trinity Hall) from 1964-1967. He continued at Cambridge as a Research Student in Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Politics (1967–1969) and went on to earn a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics there in 1974.
He has made numerous significant contributions to the advancement of Economic Theory. During his career, he has held numerous positions, he was a Professor of Economics at Stanford University from 1979–2007 (Emeritus from April 2007). He has held positions at the London School of Economics, Nuffield College, Oxford, Princeton University, the University of Essex, Australian National University, University of Bonn, University of Bristol, University of Kiel, the National University of Singapore and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to name some.
He has been the recipient of various honours and awards. He was elected to a fellowship of the Econometric Society in 1977 and held a Guggenheim Fellowship from 1987-1988. He is also a Fellow of the British Academy. He was awarded Honorary Doctorates from the University of Kiel and the University of Oslo.
Hammond, Peter J. (1982), "Utilitarianism, uncertainty and information", in Senator, Amartya. Williams, Bernard, Utilitarianism and beyond, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.
