caption birth_place name parents birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
macgregor at the british museum in 2009 glasgow , scotland neil macgregor alexander macgregor anna macgregor 16 june 1946 neil macgregor.jpg neil macgregor
 robert neil macgregor art historian and museum director
neil macgregor

robert neil macgregor , -lrb- born 16 june 1946 -rrb- is a british art historian and museum director .
he was the editor of the `` burlington magazine '' from 1981 to 1987 , the director of the national gallery , london , from 1987 to 2002 , and was appointed director of the british museum in 2002 .
he has presented three television series on art and the bbc radio 4 series `` a history of the world in 100 objects '' , which aired in 2010 and later became a best-selling book .
he has announced that he will step down as director of the british museum on 15 december 2015 .
