Background
McClure, J. Derrick was born on July 20, 1944 in Ayr, Scotland. Son of John Ralston McClure and Honor Derrick Wylie McClure (née Reid).
McClure, J. Derrick was born on July 20, 1944 in Ayr, Scotland. Son of John Ralston McClure and Honor Derrick Wylie McClure (née Reid).
Master of Arts, Glasgow University, Scotland, 1966. Master of Letters, Edinburgh University, Scotland, 1970.
Lecturer University Tübingen, Germany, 1968—1969. Chargé de cours University Ottawa, Canada, 1970—1972. Lecturer University Aberdeen, Scotland, 1972—1990, senior lecturer Scotland, 1990—2009, honorary senior lecturer, since 2009.
Chairman language committee Association for Scottish Literature Studies, Edinburgh, 1976—1991, member international committee, since 2002. Member Scots Language Dictionaries Joint Council, Edinburgh, since 1982. Chairman Forum for Research in the Languages of Scotland and Ulster, Aberdeen, 1986—2009.
Member Scottish Parliament Cross-Party Group on Scots Language, Edinburgh, since 1999, Bibliography of Scottish Literature in Translate Committee, Edinburgh, since 2003. Chairman Scottish Government Ministerial Advisory Group on Scots Language, since 2009.
Married Ann Celeste Bolinger, July 4, 1970. Children: Bruce David, Ewan Douglas, Alan Derrick.