Niall Ferguson

Dr. Niall Ferguson is a prominent Scottish historian, author, and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Educated at Oxford University, he specializes in economic history, international relations, and British imperial history.

He is best known as the author of bestselling and provocative historical books including The Pity of War, Empire, Colossus, The Ascent of Money, and Civilization: The West and the Rest.

Ferguson’s engaging prose, bold historical arguments, and media presence have made him one of the most widely read and debated public historians of our time.