Hugh Beaver
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Hugh Beaver | |
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Born | Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver 4 May 1890 |
Died | 16 January 1967 (aged 76) London, England |
Nationality | English, South African |
Alma mater | Wellington College, Berkshire |
Occupation | Engineer, industrialist |
Years active | 1931–1960 |
Board member of | The Guinness Book of World Records, Guinness Brewery |
Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver, KBE (4 May 1890 – 16 January 1967)[1] was an English-South African engineer, industrialist, and founder of the Guinness World Records (then known as Guinness Book of Records).[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
References
- ↑ "OBITUARY. Sir HUGH EYRE CAMBELL BEAUER, KBE, LLD, 1890-1967". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 38 (4): 827–828. 1 December 1967. doi:10.1680/iicep.1967.8212.
- ↑ Heyworth (1 January 1967). "Sir Hugh Beaver, K.B.E". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General). 130 (4): 594. JSTOR 2982546.
- ↑ http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/environment/air_quality/docs/50_years_on.rtf[permanent dead link]
- ↑ College History Archived 9 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "AIM25 collection description".
- ↑ "Royal Statistical Society Presidents". Royal Statistical Society. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Richard Cavendish (August 2005). "Publication of the Guinness Book of Records: August 27th, 1955". History Today. 55.
- ↑ "brandchannel.com | Guinness World Records brand | brands | brand | branding news". Archived from the original on 28 June 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
- ↑ "Guinness Book History 1950 - Present".
- ↑ "BEAVER, Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell 1890-1967 Knight engineer and industrialist - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ↑ "About Guinness World Records". Archived from the original on 21 August 2015.
- ↑ Strutt, Peter. "Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver KBE | History, Monuments and Memorials of Penn". Retrieved 30 July 2020.
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