W.W.Fowler in his obituary of Hey in EMM, mentions that Hey was fond of pointing out how his life might be divided into decades. In 1824 he was sent to school, in 1834 he took his degree, in 1844 he was made Head Master of St. Peter's School, York, in 1854 he was appointed Honorary Canon of York and Vicar of St. Helens, in 1864 he became Canon Residentiary and in 1874 Archdeacon of Cleveland. Fowler also records that Hey 'was an enthusiastic Coleopterist... The Hydradephaga were his special study, and he thoroughly worked all the waters around York for this group: by far his best and most favourite locality was Askham Bog, from which he was perpetually sending good species to various collectors... In his collection of insects he used to point with special pride to the original Lissodema heyanum, bearing a label in Curtis' handwriting'. Hey published two notes on water beetles in Zool, 15, 1857, pp.5410-11 and EMM, 4, 1868, p.283. His son William Croser inherited his father's interest in Coleoptera, and his collection (see below). Apart from the obituary mentioned above there is another in Ent., 15, 1882, pp.287-288. (MD 3/03)
Dates
?1811 - 22 November 1882