Donald Holroyde Hey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Donald Holroyde Hey

Welsh organic chemist

Date of Birth: 12-Sep-1904

Place of Birth: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Jan-1987

Profession: chemist

Nationality: Wales, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Donald Holroyde Hey FRS (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.A photographic portrait of him is in the National Portrait Gallery, London.