Niall Ferguson
economic historian
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Niall Ferguson Niall Ferguson is a Scottish-American historian who specializes in economic and financial history as well as the history of colonialism. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior faculty fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. Ferguson is the author of numerous bestselling books including The Ascent of Money and Empire.
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Sir Niall Campbell Ferguson is a British-American historian who is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. Previously, he was a professor at Harvard University, the London School of Economics, New York University, a visiting professor at the New College of the Humanities, and a senior research fellow at Jesus College, Oxford. He was a visiting lecturer at the London School of Economics for the 2023/2024 academic year and at Tsinghua University in China from 2019 to 2020.
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His dissertation was titled "Business and Politics in the German Inflation:...
His dissertation was titled "Business and Politics in the German Inflation: Hamburg 1914–1924".
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Birth of Niall Ferguson.
personalFerguson was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 18 April 1964 to James Campbell...
Ferguson was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 18 April 1964 to James Campbell Ferguson, a doctor, and Molly Archibald Hamilton, a physics teacher
personalHe had become a Thatcherite by 1982
He had become a Thatcherite by 1982
personalIn 1985, he graduated with a first-class honours degree in history and was...
In 1985, he graduated with a first-class honours degree in history and was awarded an MA from Oxford
personalFerguson studied as a Hanseatic Scholar at the University of Hamburg from 1986...
Ferguson studied as a Hanseatic Scholar at the University of Hamburg from 1986 until 1988
personalFerguson met journalist Sue Douglas in 1987, when she was his editor at The...
Ferguson met journalist Sue Douglas in 1987, when she was his editor at The Sunday Times
personalAcademic career In 1989, Ferguson worked as a research fellow at Christ's...
Academic career In 1989, Ferguson worked as a research fellow at Christ's College, Cambridge
careerFrom 1990 to 1992 he was an official fellow and lecturer at Peterhouse,...
From 1990 to 1992 he was an official fellow and lecturer at Peterhouse, Cambridge
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