William Hey III, son of William Hey II (qv), was born on December 23rd, 1796, the eldest of four brothers. He was appointed Surgeon to the Leeds Infirmary in 1830, and succeeded to the practice of his father on the latter's death in 1844; he held the position of Surgeon until 1851, when he became Co

William Hey II was the second son of William Hey I (1736-1819); he followed his father as a surgeon at Leeds, and, like him, was Surgeon to the Leeds Infirmary. He died at Leeds, after being twice Mayor, on March 13th, 1844. He was succeeded in turn by his son William Hey III (qv). Publication:- *T

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

Born at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, on February 3rd, 1818, the son of William Wells, a builder, by his wife Harriet, daughter of William Wright, of Bermondsey. He soon showed a marked interest in natural science and was sent as a pupil, without being formally apprenticed, to Michael Thomas Sadler, a