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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.
Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal; January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen.She is well known for, among other roles, playing World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), radio journalist Marcia Jeffries in A Face in the Crowd (1957), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and the worn-out ...
The "Lion-Man" artefact. Living with the Gods is a 30-part BBC Radio 4 series presented by Neil MacGregor, a former director of the British Museum. [1] It explores human societies and what MacGregor describes as "the connections between structures of belief, and the structures of society". [2]
By RYAN GORMAN Legendary singer Neil Young and his wife are divorcing after decades together. Young and wife Peggy filed for divorce on July 29, ending their 36-year marriage, according to Rolling ...
A book to accompany the series, A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor, was published by Allen Lane on 28 October 2010. [2] The entire series is also available for download along with an audio version of the book for purchase. The British Museum won the 2011 Art Fund Prize for its role in hosting the project.
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 ...
Ewan shares four kids with ex-wife Mavrakis. They welcomed Clara in February 1996 and Ester in November 2001. Jamyan, 22, was born in June 2001, and the couple adopted her in April 2006. Ewan and ...
Katherine MacGregor: Mercantile proprietor; wife and mother Nellie Oleson: 1–7, 9: 104: Alison Arngrim: Oldest child of Nels and Harriet Willie Oleson: 1–9: 140: Jonathan Gilbert: Son of Nels and Harriet Nancy Oleson: 8–9: 33: Allison Balson: Daughter of Nels and Harriet, adopted from orphanage Percival Dalton/Isaac Cohen: 6–7: 11 ...