Background
B O V East Y, Henry Taylor Late Rector Imperial College Science and Technology.
B O V East Y, Henry Taylor Late Rector Imperial College Science and Technology.
Studied at private school. Cambridge Univer sity. Doctor of Civil Law (Lennoxville).
Doctor of Laws (M‘Gill and Queen's).
On graduation took high place in the mathematical tripos, and was shortly afterwards made a Fellow of Queen's College. Adopting the profession of a civil engineer, he joined staff of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Works, and was in a short time appointed an assistant - engineer on this work, in which capacity he had charge of some of the most important structures then in progress. In 1887 he came to Canada on his appointment as Professor of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics in M‘Gill University.
At that time the engineering courses in the university were managed as a branch of the Faculty of Arts, and were without buildings or equipment.
The following year, however, a department of Applied Science was constituted with Professor Bovey as Dean, and to his management and advice the Science department owes its development. One of the founders of the Canadian Society Civil Engineers, and held the offices of honorary secretary, treasurer, and member of council for many years.
Vice-president, 1896 and 1897. President, 1900; a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (England), and of the Liverpool Society of Civil Engineers (of which Society he was one of the founders).
An Honorary Member of the National Electric Light Association of the United States.
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, in which Society he was President of Section III., 1896. Vicepresident of the Mechanical Section of the British Association, 1897. Fellow of the Royal Society, 1902.
Honourable Fellow, Queen's College, Cambrige, 1906.
Fellow of the Royal Society. Clubs: Athenaeum, Imperial Colonial. University, Montreal.