Magnus Magnusson
Magnus Magnusson ( born October 12, 1929 in Reykjavik on Iceland; † 7 January 2007 Balmore, Dunbartonshire, Scotland in the United Kingdom ) was an Icelandic- British television presenter, journalist, translator, writer and historian. Magnusson also reached a high level of awareness through its 25 years, ending work as host and moderator in the British quiz show Mastermind on BBC Two.
Biography
Magnusson grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland, where his father was Icelandic consul. According to the tradition of the Icelandic naming it would actually Magnús Sigursteinsson should be called. But his family was based on their Scottish ancestors in the choice of his first name Magnus and he retained by the last name of his father Magnusson.
He went to the Edinburgh Academy to school and then completed his degree at Jesus College, Oxford. He then worked as a journalist for the daily newspaper Scottish Daily Express and The Scotsman. From 1967 he worked as a freelancer and was at the time working at the BBC, where he worked presenter at programs on the history and archeology, as well as news broadcasts. He was appointed rector from 1975 to 1978 at the University of Edinburgh and later as Chancellor at Glasgow Caledonian University. The addition, he also served as Chief Executive of Scottish Natural Heritage, a government organization that deals with issues in Scotland to the environment.
Magnusson presented as a moderator from 1972 to 1997 the long-running British television quiz show Mastermind. Magnusson's trademark in the TV show Mastermind was the saying. " I've started so I'll finish " ( I've started so I'll finish speaking. ), Which was taken over by his successor John Humphrys. This saying was always, when the signal at the end of the rate period came for a candidate before the last question had been fully expressed. Magnusson had later a one-time guest appearance on Mastermind Himself to the children's series Dizzy Heights.
Together with the singer Bjork was Magnusson of the best known in the UK Icelanders. His eldest daughter Sally Magnusson is also active as a presenter in Scotland. In October 2006, Magnusson was diagnosed with cancer and died on 7 January 2007 to the consequences of this disease.
Literature (selection )
- Fakers, Forgers and Phoneys: Famous Scams and Scamps 2005, ISBN 978-1845961909
- Scotland: The Story of a Nation in 2000, ISBN 978-0006531913
- The Vikings 1980, ISBN 978-0752426990
- Iceland Saga 2005, ISBN 978-0752433424
- Lindisfarne 2004, ISBN 978-0752432274
- Keeping Your Words: An Anthology of Quotations 2005, ISBN 978-0340862643
- Scotland Since Prehistory: Natural Change and Human Impact in 1993, ISBN 978-1898218036
- I've Started So I'll Finish 1998, ISBN 978-0751525854
- Viking Expansion Westwards 1973, ISBN 978-0809835294
- BC The Archaeology of the Bible Lands 1977, ISBN 978-0671240103
- The Clacken and the Slate " 1974, ISBN 0-00-411170-2
- Fakers, Forgers and Phoneys: Famous Scams and Scamps, 2006
- Iceland Saga, 2005
- Keeping Your Words: An Anthology of Quotations, 2005
- Lindisfarne, 2004
- Keeping My Words, 2004
- The Vikings, 2003 - flere tidligere utgaver. - Vikingene! . Hjemmet, 1980. ISBN 82-7001-718-3
- Contested Mountains: Nature, Development and Environment in the Cairngorms Region of Scotland, 1880-1980, along with Robert A. Lambert, 2001
- Scotland: The Story of a Nation, 2001
- Magnus Magnusson 's Quiz Book, 2000
- I've Started So I'll Finish, 1997
- Rum: Nature's Iceland, along with Iain Sarjeant and Martin Howells, 1997
- Voyage of " Odin's Raven ," along with Michael Ingram, 1997
- Icelandic Journals: Journals of Travel in Iceland in 1871 and 1873 along with Fiona MacCarthy and William Morris, 1996
- The Return of Cultural Treasures, together Jeanette Greenfield, 1996
- Scottish Plants for Scottish Gardens, along with Jill Hamilton and Jill Duchess of Hamilton, 1996
- Scotland Since Prehistory: Natural Change and Human Impact, along with TC Smout, 1993
- Landlord or Tenant: A View of Irish History, 1978
- Liv og tro i vikingtiden Tides forlag, 1978 ISBN 82-10-01432-3
- BC, the Archaeology of the Bible Lands, 1975
- Viking Expansion Westwards ( Bodley Head Archaeology ), 1973 - Funn og fakta om Vikings i vesterveg ( Luther, 1975) ISBN 82-531-4064-9
- Introducing Archaeology ( Bodley Head Archaeology ), along with Martin Simmons, 1972