| Authorised form of name | Bovey; Henry Taylor (1850 - 1912); engineer |
| Dates | 1850 - 1912 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Devon, England |
| Date of birth | 07 March 1850 |
| Place of death | Eastbourne, East Sussex, England |
| Date of death | 02/02/1912 |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Research field | Hydraulics |
| Mechanics |
| Engineering |
| Activity | Education:
Queen's College, Cambridge (BA); McGill and Queen's University, Canada (MA; DCL)
Career:
Began working at the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board in Liverpool and became an assistant engineer; professor of civil engineering and applied mechanics at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and developed the Engineering Faculty (1877); Rector of Imperial College (1907-1909).
Memberships:
MICE; MIME; FRSC |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/06/1902 |
| Age at election | 52 |
| Proposer | William Grylls Adams; John Perry; Alfred George Greenhill; George Francis Fitzgerald; William Ramsay; William Mitchinson Hicks; James Thomson Bottomley; [William Thomson] Kelvin; Silvanus Phillips Thompson; George Carey Foster; William Henry Preece |
| Relationships | Parents: Mr. Edward Bovey, of Torquay.
Spouse: Emily Jane Bonar, daughter of Mr. John Redpath, of Montreal.
Children: Two sons and three daughters. |
| OtherInfo | Authored treatises on Hydraulics and on the Theory of Structures and Strength of Materials. |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Grace's Guides [URL; https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Henry_Taylor_Bovey last accessed: 01/05/2024]
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1913 vol 88 pp x-xi signed by W M H
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84
F C Moon, 'Robert Willis and Franz Reuleaux: pioneers in the theory of machines' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 209-230 |
| Code | NA1341 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1902/04 | Bovey, Henry Taylor: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/Maull/000459 | Bovey, Henry Taylor | nd |
| NLB/25/198 | Copy letter from [Theodore E James], to Mr [Henry Taylor] Bovey, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 18 September 1902 |
| NLB/26/363 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, Henry Taylor Bovey, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Dean, McGill University, Montreal | 6 March 1903 |
| NLB/37/797 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Harrison & Sons | 15 May 1908 |
| NLB/30/254 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Henry Taylor Bovey, Fellow of the Royal Society, McGill University, Montreal | 20 February 1905 |
| NLB/33/46 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Henry Taylor Bovey, Fellow of the Royal Society, care of A T Taylor, 21 Lyndhurst Road, Hampstead, N.W. | 20 June 1906 |
| NLB/38/434 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Henry Taylor Bovey, Fellow of the Royal Society, Hotel Curzon, Curzon Street, W. | 4 August 1908 |
| NLB/41/593 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Henry Taylor Bovey, Fellow of the Royal Society | 20 January 1910 |
| NLB/36/632 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Hugh Longbourne Callendar, Fellow of the Royal Society | 22 November 1907 |
| MC/27/170 | Letter from [William Mitchinson] Hicks, Leamhurst, Ivy Park Road, Sheffield, to [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society] | 21 February 1912 |
| MC/21/42 | Letter from Henry [Taylor] Bovey, 46 Threadneedle Street, to Professor [Joseph] Larmor | 17 June 1906 |
| MC/21 | Volume 21 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1906 |