| Ivy McClelland | |
| Birth Date: | 18 May 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Liverpool |
| Death Date: | 2 April 2006 |
| Employer: | University of Glasgow |
| Nationality: | British |
Ivy Lilian McClelland (18 May 1908 – 2 April 2006) was a British Hispanist at the University of Glasgow.
McClelland was born in Liverpool in 1908. She was appointed in 1930 as an assistant lecturer in Spanish at the University of Glasgow. During the second world war she led the Spanish department at the university as Professor William Atkinson was working for the Foreign Office in Oxford.[1] In 1970 she published "Spanish Drama of Pathos: 1750-1808. High tragedy".
She retired in 1973. In 1981 a lecture was established in her name at her university and in 1989 she was awarded what some thought was a belated doctorate of letters. of Liverpool University wrote that he thought that she had been overlooked too long because of her gender.
The ownership of the title Bulletin of Hispanic Studies was a matter of dispute between Glasgow and Liverpool University. As a result the bulletin was very short of funds. McClelland was amongst three white knights who found £30,000 to save the journal.[2]
In 1995 a research chair was also created in her name. In 1997 she was made an honorary professor.[3] This promotion normally lasted for five years but the university extended it to ten years. Geoeffrey Ribbans commented that he thought that her professorship had been delivered 50 years too late.[2]
McClelland outlived her family and never married. She rode horses and wrote amusing nonsense rhymes about animals.[2]