Donald Holroyde Hey FRS (12 September 1904 – 21 January 1987) was a Welsh organic chemist. He was notable for his

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proposing that the decomposition of

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gave rise to free phenyl radicals. Elected to membership of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society on 1.1.1942 whilst researching in the Chemistry Department A photographic portrait of him is in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hey, Donald Holroyde 1904 births 1987 deaths Scientists from Swansea British organic chemists Welsh chemists Fellows of the Royal Society