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Ross McWhirter

Ross McWhirter
Ross McWhirter, Scottish publisher and activist, co-founded the Guinness World Records (d. 1975)

Alan Ross McWhirter was, with his twin brother, Norris, the cofounder of the 1955 Guinness Book of Records and a contributor to the television programme Record Breakers. He was assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1975.

12 August 1925

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