Niall Ferguson Historian, Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Wife, Books, and Net Worth

Niall Ferguson Bio | Wiki

Niall Ferguson is a Scottish-American historian working in the USA. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Ferguson is a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. Before, he was a professor at Harvard University, the London School of Economics, and New York University.

Moreoever, he has been a contributing editor for Bloomberg Television and a columnist for Newsweek. Ferguson began writing a twice-a-month column for Bloomberg Opinion in June 2020. Additionally, he writes and lectures on international history, economic history, financial history, and the history of the British Empire and American imperialism.

Niall Ferguson Age

He was born in Glasgow, Scotland on April 18, 1964. Ferguson is 59 years old.

Niall Ferguson Height

He is a man of average stature standing at a height of 5 ft 8 in (Approx 1.73 m).

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Niall Ferguson Family

he was born to hardworking parents in Glasgow, Scotland. Ferguson holds Scottish-American nationality. He is the son of Molly Archibald Hamilton, a physics teacher, and James Campbell Ferguson, a doctor. He grew up and remains an atheist but he has encouraged his children to study religion and attends church occasionally. Moreoever, his maternal grandfather, a journalist, encouraged him to write.

Niall Ferguson Wife

He was hitched to journalist Sue Douglas in 1994. The two met in 1987 when she was his editor at The Sunday Times. Sue is a British media executive and former newspaper editor. The couple are parents of three children Felix, Freya, and Lachlan and divorced in 2011

Ferguson separated from Sue and started dating Ayaan Hirsi Ali in 2010. The two got married on September 10, 2011. Ayaan and Ferguson welcomed a son Thomas in December 2011. Additionally, he became naturalized as a United States citizen in 2018.

Niall Ferguson Education

He studied at The Glasgow Academy and later joined Magdalen College, Oxford after he received a demyship (highest scholarship). During his time, he wrote a 90-minute student film The Labours of Hercules Sprote, edited the student magazine Tributary, and befriended Andrew Sullivan. In 1982, he became a Thatcherite and graduated with a first-class honors degree in history in 1985.

In 1987 and 1988, he studied as a Hanseatic Scholar in Hamburg and Berlin. Additionally, he attained his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Oxford in 1989 with a thesis on Business and Politics in the German Inflation: Hamburg 1914–1924.

Niall Ferguson Books

He has authored several books apart from being a historian. Some of his books include:

  • The Ascent of Money in 2008
  • Civilization in 2011
  • The Square and the Tower in 2017
  • The House of Rothschild in 1998
  • Empire in 2003
  • The Great Degeneration in 2012
  • Kissinger in 2015
  • The Cash Nexus in 2001
  • High Financier in 2011
  • Doom in 2021

Niall Ferguson YouTube

On January 29, 2018, she launched his YouTube channel where he has uploaded several videos on topics including, The Ascent of Money, Civilization, Lectures, and speeches, Facebook live, The War of the World, and radio and podcast interviews among others. His channel has 11.9 thousand subscribers with 119 videos with more than 675 thousand views.

Niall Ferguson Historian

He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Ferguson is a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. Before, he was a professor at Harvard University, the London School of Economics, and New York University.

Mostly, Ferguson writes and lectures on international history, economic history, financial history, and the history of the British Empire and American imperialism. From 2010 to 2011, he held the Philippe Roman Chair in History and international affairs at the London School of Economics.

Niall Ferguson Bloomberg

Ferguson began writing a twice-a-month column for Bloomberg Opinion in June 2020. Moreoever, he has been a contributing editor for Bloomberg Television and a columnist for Newsweek.

Niall Ferguson Ukraine

He wrote his own opinions on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine on March 22, 2022. Also, Ferguson criticized the political rally held in Moscow for justifying the invasion and described it as “fascistic”.

Niall Ferguson Empire

In 2003, he authored a book Empire. His book produced durable changes and globalization with steam power, telegraphs, and engineers. Also, it unfolds the imperial story in all its splendors and its miseries, showing how a gang of buccaneers and gold diggers planted the seed of the biggest empire in all history. Additionally, it contains 448 pages authored by Penguin Books Limited.

Niall Ferguson Ascent of Money

On November 13, 2008, he authored The Ascent of Mone. The book deals with the rise of money as a trade form and tracks its progression, development, and effects on society into the 21st Century. The book has 432 pages published by The Penguin Press HC.

Niall Ferguson Net Worth

Ferguson is a Scottish-American historian working in the USA and has an estimated net worth of $3 Million.

Who Is Niall Ferguson

Ferguson is a Scottish-American historian working in the USA. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Ferguson is a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. Before, he was a professor at Harvard University, the London School of Economics, and New York University.

How Old Is Niall Ferguson

He is 59 years old born in Glasgow, Scotland on April 18, 1964.

Is Niall Ferguson Married

Ferguson separated from Sue and started dating Ayaan Hirsi Ali in 2010. The two got married on September 10, 2011. Ayaan and Ferguson welcomed a son Thomas in December 2011.

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