Bouts of malaria forced him to return to England late in 1882. Ltd in the Dutch colony of Suriname in tropical South America. In 1881 he became a chemist with the Sara Creek Gold Mining Co. A mounting interest in the microbiological researches of Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch inspired him in 1880 to take up a research appointment in chemical microbiology in London with the brewing and distilling firm Watney & Co. His appointment as borough analyst in 1877 led to commissions in the fields of water, foodstuffs, drugs and forensic work. In 1875 he was elected a fellow of the Chemical Society, London. Next year, with his widowed mother and brother, Hamlet moved to King's Lynn, Norfolk, where he was an analytical and consulting chemist. He attended evening classes in chemistry and physics at the Bristol Trade and Mining Schools (Polytechnic), then trained at the Royal College of Chemistry, London, under Sir Edward Frankland, F.R.S., obtaining in 1873 first-class honours in inorganic chemistry and winning the Queen's medal. Intended for a commercial career, he was apprenticed in a Bristol shipping firm, but early developed an interest in science. Young William modified both his middle and surnames. William Mogford Hamlet (1850-1931), chemist and bushwalker, was born on 20 August 1850, at Southsea, near Portsmouth, England, elder son of William Hamlett, stay maker, and his wife Rebecca, née Mogkford.
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