Arthur MacGregor is a British academic and author, "who largely invented the idea of the history of museums".[1]
MacGregor has spent most of his career at the Ashmolean Museum, before his appointment as director of the Society of Antiquaries.[2]
He has been president of the Society for the History of Natural History since 2015, when he succeeded Hugh Torrens.[3]
MacGregor is founder of the Journal of the History of Collections which he edited from 1989-2023.[4]
- ^ "Curiosity And Enlightenment, by Arthur MacGregor". independent.co.uk. 18 March 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "A message from SHNH President, Professor Arthur MacGregor - Society for the History of Natural History". shnh.org.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ Hildegard Wiegel and Michael J Vickers. 2013. Excalibur : Essays on Antiquity and the History of Collecting in Honour of Arthur Macgregor. Oxford: Archaeopress.
- ^ "Editorial changes at the Journal of the History of Collections", Journal of the History of Collections, Volume 35, Issue 3, November 2023, Pages 411–412