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Donald Holroyde Hey

Born (1904-09-12)12 September 1904
Died 21 January 1987(1987-01-21) (aged 82)
Nationality British
Scientific career
Fields Chemistry

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.

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