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Robert Neil MacGregor (born 16 June 1946) is a British art historian and former museum director. He was editor of the Burlington Magazine from 1981 to 1987, then Director of the National Gallery , London, from 1987 to 2002, Director of the British Museum from 2003 to 2015, [ 1 ] and founding director of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin until 2018.
Neil MacGregor: b. 1946 Scottish Art historian G [16] Carmen Maria Machado: b. 1986 American Writer L [17] Eduardo Machado: b. 1953 Cuban-American Playwright G [18] Manuel Machado Alvarez: 1960–2020 Cuban-American Murderer G [19] Colin MacInnes: 1914–1976 English Writer G [20] Ashley MacIsaac: b. 1975 Canadian Fiddler G [21] Daniel MacIvor ...
Neil MacGregor, art historian, director of the British Museum [34] Outram Marshall, clergyman, organising secretary of the Church Union [35] Peter Francis Middleton, pilot and grandfather of Catherine, Princess of Wales [36] Alasdair Milne, BBC Director General [37] Kate Mosse, novelist [38] Rageh Omaar, broadcast journalist [39]
Blackbourn wrote that MacGregor's choice of objects "serve to illustrate the historic fragmentation of the German lands". Blackbourn concluded that MacGregor "has written a remarkable set of reflections on the objects and places of German memory". [2] Writing for The Independent Rebecca K Morrison praised Germany: Memories of a Nation. Morrison ...
Another special programme was broadcast on 25 December 2020. Neil MacGregor and a roundtable of guests, comprising Mary Beard, Chibundu Onuzo, Scarlett Curtis, David Attenborough, and Hisham Matar, discussed adding a 101st object to represent how the world has changed in the past decade since the end of the original series. [25]
Writing in the New Statesman, Antonia Quirke asked, "What makes Neil MacGregor the best presenter on BBC radio? His new 30-part series Living With the Gods, about objects connected to belief, ceremony and ritual, begins on 23 October (BBC Radio 4, 9.45am), and listening to the first few episodes it’s clear that it is every bit the equal of Kenneth Clark's Civilisation or Jacob Bronowski's ...
Neil McGregor (born 17 July 1985), is a Scottish football defender who has previously played in the Scottish Premier League for Dundee. He last played for Kilwinning Rangers in the 2023-24 season. Career
Neil MacGregor: 51.4 2,090: Labour: Graeme Lawrence 23.1 941 Liberal Democrats: Kristian Chapman 11.0 446 Conservative: Ross Thomson 8.7 352 Independent: Angela Joss 3.7