Brit to head Metropolitan Museum of ArtNeil MacGregor Robert Neil MacGregor (born June 16, 1946 in Glasgow, Scotland) is an art historian and museum director. Biography Neil MacGregor was born in Glasgow to two doctors, Alexander and Anna MacGregor. may have ruled himself out of contention for the directorship of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but it is Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell (July 27, 1777 - June 15, 1844) was a Scottish poet chiefly remembered for his sentimental poetry dealing specially , another British-born museums man, who has been chosen as Philippe de Montebello's successor. The announcement ends months of speculation on who might take the reins reins pl.n. The kidneys, loins, or lower back. at the USA's most important museum. Here is the full press release, courtesy of Culture Grrl. And here is the New York Times's piece. Though he is evidently well-liked by colleagues and has a strong intellectual background, his administrative experience is relatively slender Slender “though well-landed, an idiot.” [Br. Lit.: Merry Wives of Windsor] See : Stupidity – a bold choice, then, by the Met's trustees, who must have a great deal of confidence in his ability to step up to one of the biggest cultural jobs around. Campbell, 46, was born in Cambridge and studied at Oxford and the Courtauld. His area of scholarship is European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. textiles, and he has worked at the Metropolitan Museum since 1995. He takes up the post on January 1. 
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