Educated at University College, London, and at Edinburgh University; practised at 36 Bootham, York; was Surgeon to the York County Hospital and Lecturer on Clinical Surgery at the York School of Medicine; Surgeon to the Friends' Retreat, York; and a Justice of the Peace for the City of York. His chi

Born on August 22nd, 1815, the son of the Rev Samuel Hey, Vicar of Ashbrook, Derbyshire, and grandson of William Hey I, of Leeds, who was active in founding the Leeds Infirmary in 1767 and was Senior Surgeon from 1773-1812. His mother was Margaret, daughter of William Gray, of York. At the age of 16