Papers by William Hey, MRCS, relating to John Pearson's Life of William Hey, FRS

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 504
  • Dates of Creation
    • ca.1819-1821
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 47 ff. in three booklets

Scope and Content

(1) "A few facts and observations....the professional life of Mr Hey", c.1819, [i], 21 ff.; (2) "Medical life of Mr. Hey, part 2nd", c.1819, 18 ff.; (3) Notes on a draft of Pearson's life of William Hey, c.1821, 8 ff.

Administrative / Biographical History

Second son of William Hey (1736-1819), and a notable surgeon in his own right. He was the author of A treatise on the puerperal fever

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Presented by the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, 1936

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

None

Additional Information

Annotated by R. S. Mortimer with reference to parallel passages in Pearson's published Life of William Hey