Prof. Magnus Maclean

Following on from May 2021, with the help of Bro. Alistair Henderson IPPGM Glasgow, Bro. Maclean’s mother lodge is Blythswood No.817 which met at 236 Great Western Road. He was also a Companion of RAC St. Andrew No. 69, Glasgow Sovereign Chapter and The Royal Order.

A medal (to the right) in his name is given for the best student in Electrical Engineering at Strathclyde University. Professor Maclean worked to extend the Royal College’ s community work and instituted the country’s first ‘day release’ programmes which led to the modern model of adult education. Today, as The University of Strathclyde, its offerings include innovative courses in Ga idhlig.

Additionally, Maclean was appointed first lecturer in Celtic at Glasgow University under the Kelly-McCallum Foundation in 1901. From his small beginnings, the university is now a world leader in the field.

The Maclean Room in the university’s Gaelic and Celtic Department is named after Magnus Maclean and enables postgraduate students in Gaelic and Celtic to have access to the research archive. Awarded Honorary LLD by Glasgow University in 1919, sharing the graduation platform with the novelist John Buchan.

Below, Bro. Maclean is seen with the Lord Provost of Glasgow Bro. Matthew Montgomery PM The Trades House Lodge No.1241.