David G. Hey (18 July 1938 – 14 February 2016) was an English historian, and was an authority on surnames and the local history of Yorkshire.
During this teaching stint, he received a master's degree and doctorate from Leicester University, finishing his studies in 1971.
[1] Hey's interest in local history led to books on the town of Penistone and city of Sheffield, and also the counties of Yorkshire and Derbyshire.
Linking genetic studies with surname prevalence indicated that people did not move as much as social scientists thought at the time.
[1] On 12 April 2014, Hey delivered a Marc Fitch Lecture on "The Origins and Spread of Derbyshire Surnames.