Niall Ferguson

For other people with similar names, see Neil Ferguson (disambiguation).

Sir
Niall Ferguson
HonFRSE
Ferguson in 2017
Born
Niall Campbell Ferguson

(1964-04-18) 18 April 1964 (age 60)
Glasgow, Scotland
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Spouses
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    (m. 1994; div. 2011)​
  • ​
    (m. 2011)​
Children5
Academic background
EducationMagdalen College, Oxford
(MA, DPhil)
University of Hamburg
ThesisBusiness and Politics in the German Inflation (1989)
Doctoral advisorNorman Stone
InfluencesA. J. P. Taylor
Academic work
DisciplineInternational history
Economic history
Institutions
Doctoral studentsTyler Goodspeed
Notable worksEmpire: How Britain Made the Modern World (2003)
Civilisation: the West and the Rest (2011)
Niall Ferguson's voice
Recorded June 2012 from the BBC Radio 4 programme the Reith Lectures
Websitewww.niallferguson.com Edit this at Wikidata

Sir Niall Campbell Ferguson, HonFRSE (/niːl/ NEEL; born 18 April 1964)[1] 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.[2][3] 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 2023/24 academic year and at Tsinghua University, China in 2019–20.[4][5] He is a co-founder of the University of Austin, Texas.[6]

Ferguson writes and lectures on international history, economic history, financial history and the history of the British Empire and American imperialism.[7] He holds positive views concerning the British Empire.[8] In 2004, he was one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.[9] Ferguson has written and presented numerous television documentary series, including The Ascent of Money, which won an International Emmy Award for Best Documentary in 2009.[10] In 2024, he was knighted by King Charles III for services to literature.[11]

Ferguson has been a contributing editor for Bloomberg Television and a columnist for Newsweek.[12] He began writing a semi-monthly column for Bloomberg Opinion in June 2020 and has also been a regular columnist at The Spectator and the Daily Mail.[13][14] In 2021 he became a joint-founder of the new University of Austin. Since June 2024 he is a bi-weekly columnist at The Free Press.[15] Ferguson has also contributed articles to many journals including Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy.[16][17] He has been described as a conservative and called himself a supporter of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.[18][19]

  1. ^ Biography Archived 20 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine Niall Ferguson
  2. ^ "Niall Ferguson". Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Niall Ferguson". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  4. ^ "LSE's School of Public Policy welcomes Niall Ferguson". London School of Economics. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Tsinghua Global MBA – Your Gateway to the Best of China". gmba.sem.tsinghua.edu.cn. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  6. ^ Ferguson, Niall (8 November 2021). "I'm Helping to Start a New College Because Higher Ed Is Broken". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Harvard University History Department — Faculty: Niall Ferguson". History.fas.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  8. ^ Dalrymple, William (26 April 2007). "Plain Tales from British India". The New York Review of Books. Vol. 54, no. 7. ISSN 0028-7504. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  9. ^ Elliott, Michael (26 April 2004). "The 2004 TIME 100 – TIME". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference IntEmmy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Forbes, Nick (14 June 2024). "Scottish historian credits 'family, teachers, mentors and friends' for honour". The Independent. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  12. ^ Matthews, Chris (3 May 2016). "Conservative Historian Niall Ferguson Blasts Trump Foreign Policy". Fortune. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Niall Ferguson, Author at The Spectator". The Spectator. 29 February 2024. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  14. ^ Roush, Chris (28 May 2020). "Ferguson joins Bloomberg Opinion as a columnist". Talking Biz News.
  15. ^ "No, We Are Not Living in 'Late Soviet America'". 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Niall Ferguson | Foreign Affairs". Foreign Affairs. 29 February 2024. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  17. ^ Ferguson, Niall (20 June 2024). "Niall Ferguson". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  18. ^ Intelligence Squared (6 June 2024). The World In 2024 With Niall Ferguson: Crisis, Conflict And The New Axis of Evil. Retrieved 18 June 2024 – via YouTube.
  19. ^ Hill, Henry (10 December 2021). "Snap guide to modern conservative thinkers 4) Niall Ferguson". Conservative Home. Retrieved 18 June 2024.