Richard Hey

Richard Hey (1745–1835) was an English academic, essayist and writer against gambling.

Life He was born at Pudsey, near Leeds, on 22 August 1745, the younger brother of John Hey and William Hey. He became a fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, graduating Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1768. In 1771 he took the degree of Cambridge Master of Arts (MA Cantab) as fellow of Sidney Sussex College, and in 1779 Legum Doctor (LLD) per lit. reg. In 1771 he was called to the bar at the Middle Temple. He was admitted to Doctors' Commons, but obtaining no practice retired from the bar.

Hey was fellow and tutor of Magdalene College from 1782 till 1796, and was also elected one of the esquire bedells. He died on 7 December 1835, at Hertingfordbury, near Hertford, at age 90. and in 1796 Edington, a novel, in two volumes. His last work was Some Principles of Civilisation, with detached thoughts on the Promotion of Christianity in British India, Cambridge, 1815.

Hey contributed papers to Philosophical Transactions and other magazines. He assisted in editing a pamphlet on an Egyptian mummy, with anatomical and other details.