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Neil Oliver (other)
Neil Oliver (born 1967) is a Scottish historian. Neil Oliver may also refer to: * Neil Oliver (footballer) (born 1967), English footballer * Neil Oliver (politician) (1933–2019), Australian politician {{hndis, Oliver, Neil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Oliver
Neil Oliver (born 21 February 1967) is a British television presenter, archaeologist, historian and author. He has presented several documentary series on archaeology and history, including '' A History of Scotland'', ''Vikings'', and ''Coast''. He is also an author of popular history books and historical fiction. He was the president of the National Trust for Scotland from 2017 to 2020. Early life and education Oliver was born in Renfrew and raised in Ayr and Dumfries where he attended Dumfries Academy and then the University of Glasgow. He obtained an MA (Hons) in archaeology and then worked as a freelance archaeologist, before training as a journalist. Television career Oliver first appeared on television in the 2002 BBC Two series ''Two Men in a Trench'', in which he and archaeologist Tony Pollard visited historic British battlefields. He was also a co-author of the two books accompanying the series. In 2006, he presented ''The Face of Britain'' for Channel 4 and ''Scotl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Oliver (footballer)
Neil Oliver (born 11 April 1967) is an English former footballer who played for Berwick Rangers, Blackburn Rovers, Falkirk, Hamilton Academical, Clydebank and East Fife. Following a spell as a coach of the Berwick Rangers reserve team, Oliver became manager of Duns in 2009, taking them from the Border Amateur League into the East of Scotland League in 2011–12. He parted company with Duns in August 2013, and was appointed manager of East of Scotland League Premier Division side Coldstream on 21 January 2014. On 15 October 2014, Neil resigned as manager of Coldstream. Honours Falkirk *Scottish Challenge Cup The Scottish Professional Football League Challenge Cup, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |