Henry Bovey

Henry Taylor Bovey, LLD, DCL, FRS (1852 – 2 February 1912) was an engineering science academic.

[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.

[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.