Donald Holroyde Hey
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Donald Holroyde Hey | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 September 1904 |
| Died | 21 January 1987 (aged 82) |
| Scientific career | |
| Awards | Tilden Prize (1951) |
| 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]
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 National Portrait Gallery, London.[4]
