Niall Ferguson Biography

Fast Facts

• Was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2004
• Won a New York Film Festival Award for Best Documentary for "Kissinger" in 2011
• Won the Wadsworth Prize for Business History for his book "The World's Banker: The History of the House of Rothschild" in 1998
• Several of his books have been made into documentary films or series, including "The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West" and "The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World․"
• Best known as a historian specializing in economic history and British and American imperialism
• Is a Laurence A․ Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Oxford's Jesus College, and Stanford University
• Is the author of 14 books on history, including "Paper and Iron: Hamburg Business and German Politics in the Era of Inflation" and "The Pity of War: Explaining World War One․"