Neil MacGregor

Robert Neil MacGregor (born 1946) is an art historian and museum director.

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1946 - Art historian

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He was editor of the Burlington Magazine from 1981 until 1987, when he became a highly successful director of the National Gallery in London. He was the first director of the National Gallery to decline a knighthood and is a devout Christian; he has therefore been given the nickname "Saint Neil".

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Burlington Magazine - 1981 - 1987 - National Gallery - London

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MacGregor presented two BBC TV series on art: Making Masterpieces, a behind-the-scenes tour of the National Gallery, in 1997 and Seeing Salvation, on the representation of Jesus in western art, in 2000.

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BBC - 1997 - Jesus - 2000

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After reversing the fortunes of the National Gallery, he was made director of the British Museum in 2002, at the time in a financial crisis.

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British Museum - 2002

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