Английская Википедия:Henry Bovey
Шаблон:Infobox person 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]
Early life
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]
Career
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]
Death
Bovey died on 2 February 1912 at Eastbourne, England.[1]
Books
- Applied mechanics, 1882.
- A treatise on hydraulics. New York: J. Wiley; London: Chapman & Hall, 1899, c1895.
References
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- ↑ Henry T. Bovey, LLD, DCL, FRSL: Rector 1908–10, Imperial College, London, UK.
- ↑ Dr. Henry Taylor Bovey, F.R.S., Nature, 88, pages 520–521, 15 February 1912. Шаблон:Doi
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