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 headmaster 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
edit- ^ Obituary The Times (London, England), Thursday, 23 November 1882; pg. 6; Issue 30672.
- ^ 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
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1864 p41
- ^ "Report of the Council". Annual Report of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society for 1882: 18. 1883.
- ^ Fowler, W.W. (1882). "Obituary: Archdeacon Hey". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 20: 192.