Arthur MacGregor

Arthur MacGregor is a British academic and author, "who largely invented the idea of the history of museums".

MacGregor has spent most of his career at the Ashmolean Museum, before his appointment as director of the Society of Antiquaries.

He has been president of the Society for the History of Natural History since 2015, when he succeeded Hugh Torrens.

MacGregor is founder of the Journal of the History of Collections which he edited from 1989-2023. Provided by Wikipedia