Neil Macgregor

He was editor of the '' Burlington Magazine '' from 1981 until 1987 , when he became a highly successful director of the National Gallery in London . He was the first director of the National Gallery to decline a knighthood and is a devout Christian; he has therefore been given the nickname "Saint Neil".

MacGregor presented two and ''Seeing Salvation'', on the representation of Jesus in western art, in 2000 .

After reversing the fortunes of the National Gallery, he was made director of the British Museum in 2002 , at the time in a financial crisis.

	Title	Director of the National Gallery
	Years	1987&ndash2002
	Before	Sir Michael Levey
	After	Charles Saumarez Smith

	Title	Director of the British Museum
	Before	Robert Anderson
	Start	2002

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