Henry_Bovey
Henry Taylor Bovey, LLD, DCL, FRS (1852 – 2 February 1912) was an engineering science academic. He was the first Rector of Imperial College of Science and Technology in London.[1]
Henry Bovey | |
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| Born | 1852 (1852) Devon, England |
| Died | 2 February 1912(1912-02-02) (aged 59–60) Eastbourne, England |
| Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | University administrator |
Henry Bovey was born in 1852 in Devon. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge,[1] where he graduated BA (as 12th Wrangler) in 1873.[2] He was subsequently elected a Fellow of the college.[1]
Bovey joined the staff of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board in Liverpool and became an assistant engineer.[3] He trained with Sir George Fosbery Lyster in the area of structures.[4]
In 1877, Bovey took up the position of professor of civil engineering and applied mechanics at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec,[1] Canada, where using his administrative skills he developed the Engineering Faculty.[5]
Bovey was offered the position of Rector of Imperial College in 1907, although his health was failing by this time.[6] The appointment was confirmed in May 1908 but his bad health meant that he had to resign the position at the end of 1909. In 1912, he died in Eastbourne.[7]
Henry Bovey was a founder member of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers and the Liverpool Society of Civil Engineers.[8] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in June 1902,[9] and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[10]
Bovey died on 2 February 1912 at Eastbourne, England.[1]
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- A treatise on hydraulics. New York: J. Wiley; London: Chapman & Hall, 1899, c1895.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Bovey, Henry Taylor" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 30 (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. p. 486.
- "Bovey, Henry Taylor (BVY869HT)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Venn, John (15 September 2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-03611-5.
- Zeller, Suzanne (2001). "Darwin Meets the Engineers: Scientizing the Forest at McGill University, 1890-1910". Environmental History. 6 (3): 428–450. doi:10.2307/3985663. JSTOR 3985663. S2CID 144316954.
- "Henry Taylor Bovey Fonds - Archival Collections Catalogue". archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca.
- Dr. Henry Taylor Bovey, F.R.S., Nature, 88, pages 520–521, 15 February 1912. doi:10.1038/088520b0
- "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36787. London. 6 June 1902. p. 10.
- "Henry T. Bovey". Imperial College London.
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Rector of Imperial College London 1908–1910 |
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