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Who Created Guinness Book of Records?

In 1954 Sir Hugh Beaver (1890—1967), Managing Director of the Guinness Brewery, attended a shooting party in County Wexford. There, he and his hosts argued about the fastest game bird in Europe, and failed to find an answer in any reference book. In August 1954, recalling his shooting party argument, Sir Hugh had the idea for […]