Notebook on Spanish literature and travel compiled by James and Julia Fitzmaurice-Kelly

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 168
  • Dates of Creation
    • ca. 1920-1950
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 vol. (59 ff.) Black exercise book

Scope and Content

The notes on Spanish literature (18 pages) are by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly, the notes on travel in Europe (mainly Switzerland, 41 pages) by Julia Fitzmaurice-Kelly. Additional to notebook: press-cuttings, notes, letters, etc.

Administrative / Biographical History

James Fitzmaurice-Kelly held the Gilmour Chair of Spanish at Liverpool University from 1908 to 1916, when he moved to take up the Cervantes Chair of Spanish Language and Literature at King's College, London. In 1918 he married Julia Henrietta Sanders, daughter of Rev. W.H. Sanders of Nottingham, and a graduate of Newnham College, Cambridge. From 1920 onwards, when ill-health prevented him from lecturing, Julia Fitzmaurice-Kelly was allowed to lecture in her husband's place

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Note

In English

Related Material

See also MS 169