Neil MacGregor
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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 directory, 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.
References
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2003/jun/08/heritage.highereducation Tim Adams, "His place in history", The Observer, Sunday 8 June 2003
