Norris McWhirter Biography

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NAME: Norris McWhirter
OCCUPATION: Publisher, Journalist
BIRTH DATE: August 12, 1925
DEATH DATE: April 19, 2004
EDUCATION: Oxford University
PLACE OF BIRTH: London, England
PLACE OF DEATH: Kington Langley, England
Full Name: Norris Dewar McWhirter

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Norris Dewar McWhirter and his twin brother Ross published the first edition of The Guinness Book of Records in 1954.

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Synopsis

Norris Dewar McWhirter was born on August 12, 1925, in London and studied at Oxford. He, along with his brother Ross McWhirter, founded the information service McWhirter Twins Ltd in 1950. They were commissioned to create a statistical book of world records. Their first edition, The Guinness Book of Records, was published in 1954. McWhirter, also a journalist and broadcaster, died on April 19, 2004.

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British publisher, writer, journalist, and broadcaster. He studied at Oxford, and became chairman of the family business (1955-86). With his twin brother Ross McWhirter (1925-75) he founded an information service, McWhirter Twins Ltd (1950). They were invited by the managing director of Guinness Breweries to compile a book of records to settle arguments in public houses, and the first edition of The Guinness Book of Records was published in 1954. Norris was editor (1954-86), and is director of Guinness Publications Ltd. A sports journalist (1951-67), he has also been a television sports commentator (1960-72), and co-presenter of The Record Breakers (1972-94). Ross was assassinated by IRA terrorists.