Matthew McDiarmid (25 June 1914-12 February 1996) was a Scottish literary scholar, essayist, campaigning academic and poet. McDiarmid was one of the leading members of a pioneering generation of Scottish academics who laboured and campaigned for a proper place for Scotland's literature in Scottish universities. At the opening of his career, no Scottish university had a dedicated professor of Scottish literature; by the time of his death, there were six. J.A.C. Stevenson was a leading scholar and philologist of his generation, and his edition of the Bruce is still standard.

• PrefaceIntroductionHary's Wallace, books 1-12NotesGlossary

Matthew McDiarmid (25 June 1914-12 February 1996) was a Scottish literary scholar, essayist, campaigning academic and poet. McDiarmid was one of the leading members of a pioneering generation of Scottish academics who laboured and campaigned for a proper place for Scotland's literature in Scottish universities. At the opening of his career, no Scottish university had a dedicated professor of Scottish literature; by the time of his death, there were six. J.A.C. Stevenson was a leading scholar and philologist of his generation, and his edition of the Bruce is still standard.

• PrefaceIntroductionHary's Wallace, books 1-12NotesGlossary

Matthew McDiarmid (25 June 1914-12 February 1996) was a Scottish literary scholar, essayist, campaigning academic and poet. McDiarmid was one of the leading members of a pioneering generation of Scottish academics who laboured and campaigned for a proper place for Scotland's literature in Scottish universities. At the opening of his career, no Scottish university had a dedicated professor of Scottish literature; by the time of his death, there were six. J.A.C. Stevenson was a leading scholar and philologist of his generation, and his edition of the Bruce is still standard.

• PrefaceIntroductionHary's Wallace, books 1-12NotesGlossary