1966 until his retirement in 1969 Hey was head of the research department. Personal life Brought up in a church-going Wesleyan Methodist family, Hey became an agnostic in his teenage years, and remained so for the rest of his life. He met his wife, Edna Heywood, when they were both students at Manchester University. They married in 1934. The couple moved to Eastbourne in 1969, following Stanley Hey's retirement. Edna died in September 1998, 12 years after having a severe stroke. Honours, awards and fellowships 1945 – MBE for operational research on Army radar 1947 – Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society 1950 – DSc, University of Manchester, on the strength of Hey's 1940s radio astronomy research 1959 – Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society 1975 - Honorary Doctor of the University of Birmingham 1978 – Fellow of the Royal Society 1977 – Honorary Doctor of the University of Kent Legacy Asteroid 22473 Stanleyhey, discovered in 1997, is named in his honour. Works Hey, J. S.; Parsons, S. J.; Phillips, J. W. (1948). "An investigation of galactic radiation in the radio spectrum", Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 192, 425-445 Popular science books Hey, J. S. (1971). The Radio Universe. Pergamon Press, 256pp. Hey, J. S. (1973). Evolution of Radio Astronomy. New York: Science History Publications. References 1909 births 2000 deaths 20th-century British astronomers 20th-century British physicists Alumni of the University of Manchester English physicists English science writers Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society Fellows of the Royal Society History of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Members of the Order of the British Empire People associated with the University of Birmingham People associated with the University of Kent People from Nelson, Lancashire Radar pioneers Radio astronomers Richmond Park Solar phenomena War Office personnel in World War II