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He studied at [[Oxford]], Paris and [[Edinburgh]], and then at the Courtauld Institute, whose Director, [[Anthony Blunt]], described him as the "most brilliant pupil he ever taught". <ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2003/jun/08/heritage.highereducation Tim Adams, "His place in history", ''The Observer'', Sunday 8 June 2003</ref> He became editor of the ''Burlington Magazine'', and Director of the National Gallery. Since 2002 he has been Director of the [[British Museum]]. He has presented three television series on art, and the BBC Radio 4 series ''A History of the World in 100 Objects''. | He studied at [[Oxford]], Paris and [[Edinburgh]], and then at the Courtauld Institute, whose Director, [[Anthony Blunt]], described him as the "most brilliant pupil he ever taught". <ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2003/jun/08/heritage.highereducation Tim Adams, "His place in history", ''The Observer'', Sunday 8 June 2003</ref> He became editor of the ''Burlington Magazine'', and Director of the National Gallery. Since 2002 he has been Director of the [[British Museum]]. He has presented three television series on art, and the BBC Radio 4 series ''A History of the World in 100 Objects''. | ||
He was listed number 23 in the [[Pink List 2010]] and in the [[Pink List 2011]]. | He was listed number 23 in the [[Pink List 2010]] and 24 in the [[Pink List 2011]]. | ||
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Neil MacGregor (born Glasgow 1946) is an art historian and museum director.
He studied at Oxford, Paris and Edinburgh, and then at the Courtauld Institute, whose Director, Anthony Blunt, described him as the "most brilliant pupil he ever taught". [1] He became editor of the Burlington Magazine, and Director of the National Gallery. Since 2002 he has been Director of the British Museum. He has presented three television series on art, and the BBC Radio 4 series A History of the World in 100 Objects.
He was listed number 23 in the Pink List 2010 and 24 in the Pink List 2011.
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- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2003/jun/08/heritage.highereducation Tim Adams, "His place in history", The Observer, Sunday 8 June 2003