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Norris McWhirter

Norris McWhirter
Norris McWhirter, Scottish publisher and activist co-founded the Guinness World Records (d. 2004)

Norris Dewar McWhirter was a British writer, political activist, co-founder of The Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his twin brother Ross were known internationally for founding the reference book The Guinness Book of Records which they wrote and annually updated together between 1955 and 1975. After Ross's assassination by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), Norris carried on alone as editor.

12 August 1925

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