Donald Holroyde Hey

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

Donald Holroyde Hey FRS^[1] (12 September 1904 - 21 January 1987) was a Welsh organic chemist. He was notable for his paper proposing that the decomposition of benzoyl peroxide gave rise to free phenyl radicals.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Cadogan, J. I. G.; Davies, D. I. (1988). "Donald Holroyde Hey. 12 September 1904-21 January 1987". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 34: 294. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1988.0011. JSTOR 770054.
↑ Hey, D. H. (1934). "432. Amphoteric aromatic substitution. Part II. Reactions of benzoyl peroxide and phenylazotriphenylmethane". Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed): 1966–1432. doi:10.1039/JR9340001966.
↑ 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. |displayeditors= suggested (help)

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Name	Hey, Donald Holroyde
Alternative names
Short description	British chemist
Date of birth	12 September 1904
Place of birth	Swansea, Wales
Date of death	21 January 1987
Place of death

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