Painter, printmaker and teacher, born in Oakley, Buckinghamshire. Studied 1930–5 at Swansea School of Art, where his teachers included William Grant Murray, and 1935–40 at Royal College of Art, under Malcolm Osborne and Robert Austin. Sickert, Constable, Rembrandt, Degas and Chardin were some influences on Govier, a traditionalist who disliked commercialism and modern influences. Augustus John and Dylan Thomas were friends of Govier in Wales and London. During World War II Govier served in the Royal Air Force, making models of the D-Day landings and Dam Busters raids, meeting Barnes Wallis, inventor of the bouncing bomb. Showed with RA, Ipswich Art Club and elsewhere. An important exhibition of his work was held in 1993 at Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich.