Donald Holroyde Hey

Donald Holroyde Hey
Born 12 September 1904
Swansea, Wales
Died 21 January 1987
Nationality United Kingdom
Fields Chemistry

Donald Holroyde Hey (12 September 1904 - 21 January 1987) was a Welsh organic chemist.[1] He was notable for his paper proposing that the decomposition of benzoyl peroxide gave rise to free phenyl radicals.[2]

References

  1. ^ Cadogan, J.I.G. and Davies, D.I. (1988). "Donald Holroyde Hey". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. The Royal Society. http://www.jstor.org/pss/770054. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  2. ^ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines et al., eds (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. pp. 367-368. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.