McClelland, Ivy Lilian, 1908-2006

Ivy Lilian McClelland was born in Liverpool in 1908. Ivy first studied Hispanic Studies at Liverpool University between 1927-1930, before she joined the staff at the University of Glasgow in 1930 as an Assistant Lecturer in Spanish. She was also the first female academic within the institution to teach and research on Hispanic Studies topics. Among her specialties and areas of interest were 17th century Spanish drama, the Spanish Golden Age and important and influential Spanish figures such as Ignacio de Luzán.

Ivy McClelland also acted as a tutor and sub-warden at the Queen Margaret Hall of Residence for female students from the late 1940s up until the early 1960s, and she recorded her experiences during this time in a unpublished memoir. As well as her academic interests and position within the Queen Margaret, Ivy was also interested in poetry, and only in 2009 a collection of her poetry was published.

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