Hugh Beaver

Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver, KBE (4 May 1890 – 16 January 1967) was the founder of Guinness World Records.http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/environment/air_quality/docs/50_years_on.rtfCollege History 

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Other websites
History of the Guinness World Records - Official Site
History of Guinness book of Records 
Catalogue of the papers of Sir Hugh Beaver at London School of Economics Archives
Portrait at the National Portrait gallery

Category:1890 births
Category:1967 deaths
Category:People from Johannesburg
Category:Knights Bachelor
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire