as a major influence. Hay was also a keen amateur astronomer.

Early life

Hay was born at 23 Durham Street in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, one of the five children (two sons and three daughters) of William Robert Hay (1859-1920) and his wife, Elizabeth (1859-1910) (née Ebden). The family moved to Lowestoft in Suffolk when he was less than a year old. By his late teens, Hay had

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