The Venerable William Hey was Archdeacon of Cleveland from 1875 until his death on 22 November 1882.[1]

Hey was born at Ockbrook in 1811; educated at Sherborne School and St John's College, Cambridge;[2] and ordained in 1838. He was Head Master of St Peter's School, York from 1839 to 1864 when he became a Canon Residentiary at York Minster.[3] He was member of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society for over forty years, serving on its council from 1841 subsequently as a Vice-President until his death.[4] He served for many years as the Honorary Curator of Insects & Crustacea at the Yorkshire Museum and was succeeded in this post by his son Rev W.C. Hey.[5]

References

  1. Obituary The Times (London, England), Thursday, 23 November 1882; pg. 6; Issue 30672.
  2. Venn, John & Venn, John Archibald. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, Cambridge University Press Part II vol. iii p352
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1864 p41
  4. "Report of the Council". Annual Report of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society for 1882: 18. 1883.
  5. Fowler, W.W. (1882). "Obituary: Archdeacon Hey". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 20: 192.


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