Neil McGregor

Quick Facts

Full Name	Neil McGregor
Occupation	Art Historian
Date Of Birth	Jun 16, 1946(1946-06-16)
Age	78
Birthplace	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Horoscope	Gemini

Neil McGregor Biography

Neil McGregor is one of the most popular and richest Art Historian who was born on June 16, 1946 in Glasgow, Scotland.

The period that followed was spent studying philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris (coinciding with the events of May 1968), and as a law student at Edinburgh University, where he received the Green Prize. Despite being called to the bar in 1972, MacGregor next decided to take an art history degree. The following year, on a Courtauld Institute (University of London) summer school in Bavaria, the Courtauld’s director Anthony Blunt spotted MacGregor and persuaded him to take a master’s degree under his supervision. Blunt later considered MacGregor “the most brilliant pupil he ever taught”.

From 1975 to 1981, MacGregor taught History of Art and Architecture at the University of Reading. He left to assume the editorship of The Burlington Magazine. He oversaw the transfer of the magazine from the Thomson Corporation to an independent and charitable status.

Neil McGregor Net Worth

Neil McGregor is one of the richest Art Historian from Scotland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Neil McGregor 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Robert Neil MacGregor OM AO FSA (born 16 June 1946) is a British art historian and former museum director. He was the 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 2002 to 2015, and is currently the founding director of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin.

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In January 2008, MacGregor was appointed chairman of the World Collections programme, for training international curators at British museums. The exhibition The First Emperor, focussing on Qin Shi Huang and including a small number of his Terracotta Warriors, was mounted in 2008 in the British Museum Reading Room. That year MacGregor was invited to succeed Philippe de Montebello as the Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He declined the offer as the Metropolitan charges its visitors for entry and is thus “not a public institution”.

Facts & Trivia

Martin Ranked on the list of most popular Art Historian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Scotland. Neil McGregor celebrates birthday on June 16 of every year.

From September 2010 to January 2011 the British Museum lent the ancient Persian Cyrus Cylinder to an exhibition in Tehran. This was seen by at least a million visitors on the Museum’s estimation, more than any loan exhibition to the United Kingdom had attracted since the Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibition in 1972.

What is Neil MacGregor doing now?

Former British Museum and National Gallery director Neil MacGregor is to visit museums across the UK as host of a new series for BBC Radio 4 which will explore the challenges faced by directors and curators.

Is Neil MacGregor married?

Personal life. MacGregor was listed in The Independent’s 2007 list of “most influential gay people” and was single as of January 2010.

Who is the director of the British Museum?

Hartwig Fischer

How much does the director of the British Museum earn?

How much does a Director at British Museum make? The typical British Museum Director salary is £229,924. Director salaries at British Museum can range from £223,711 – £229,924. This estimate is based upon 3 British Museum Director salary report(s) provided by employees or estimated based upon statistical methods.

What did the British Museum steal?

In addition to the Rosetta Stone, the content discusses Australia’s Gweagal Shield, India’s Amaravati Marbles, Iraq’s Ashurbanipal reliefs, Nigeria’s Benin Bronzes, Ghana’s Akan Drum, Greece’s Parthenon Marbles, Rapa Nui’s Hoa Hakananai’a, Jamaica’s Birdman and Boinayel figures, and China’s Summer Palace.