Niall Ferguson
Scottish-American historian; senior fellow at the Hoover Institution; author of The Ascent of Money and Civilization.
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Hoover Institution (Milbank Family Senior Fellow)
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- Sir Niall Ferguson is a British and American historian, born in Glasgow in 1964, who writes on international, economic and financial history and the British Empire.
- He taught at Oxford, NYU and Harvard and is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution and a senior fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center.
- His television series The Ascent of Money won an International Emmy in 2009.
- In 2021 he was a co-founder of the University of Austin, and from June 2024 he has written a fortnightly column for The Free Press.
- He has been described as a conservative and holds positive views of the British Empire.
- He was knighted in 2024.
- He is married to Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Key facts
- Born
- 18 April 1964, Glasgow, Scotland1
- Hoover Institution
- Milbank Family Senior Fellow, as of 20261
- Earlier posts
- Jesus College, Oxford; NYU Stern (from 2002); Harvard University1
- Books
- The Ascent of Money (2008), Civilization (2011), The Square and the Tower (2018), Doom (2021)1
- Television
- The Ascent of Money, International Emmy for Best Documentary (2009)1
- Columns
- Bloomberg Opinion from June 2020; The Free Press from June 20241
- University of Austin
- Co-founder (2021)1
- Honours
- Knighted 2024, for services to literature1
Roles
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- Hoover InstitutionOrganization
Milbank Family Senior Fellow source on Hoover Institution
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