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Norris Dewar McWhirter CBE (12 August 1925 – 19 April 2004) was a British writer, political activist, co-founder of The Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his twin brother Ross were known internationally for the founding of Guinness World Records (as The Guinness Book of Records) which they wrote and annually updated together between 1955 and 1975. After Ross's assassination by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), Norris carried on alone as editor.

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rdfs:label	Norris McWhirter (de) Norris McWhirter (en) Norris McWhirter (nl) Norris McWhirter (pl)
rdfs:comment	Norris Dewar McWhirter (* 12. August 1925 in , Middlesex; † 19. April 2004 in , Wiltshire) war ein britischer Verleger. Er gründete 1954 mit seinem Zwillingsbruder Ross McWhirter das Guinness-Buch der Rekorde. Bis 1996 war er aktiv in dem Verlag tätig. McWhirter starb im Alter von 78 Jahren beim Tennisspiel an einem Herzinfarkt. (de) Norris Dewar McWhirter CBE (12 August 1925 – 19 April 2004) was a British writer, political activist, co-founder of The Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his twin brother Ross were known internationally for the founding of Guinness World Records (as The Guinness Book of Records) which they wrote and annually updated together between 1955 and 1975. After Ross's assassination by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), Norris carried on alone as editor. (en) Norris Dewar McWhirter (Winchmore Hill, 12 augustus 1925 - Wiltshire, 19 april 2004) was een auteur, politiek activist, medeoprichter van en televisiepresentator. Hij en zijn tweelingbroer, , zijn bekend geworden door het schrijven van het Guinness Book of Records, een boek dat ze samen schreven en jaarlijks opnieuw uitbrachten tussen 1955 en 1975. Nadat Ross om het leven werd gebracht door het Provisional Irish Republican Army ging Norris verder als redacteur. Norris McWhirter overleed op 78-jarige leeftijd in zijn woonplaats Wiltshire aan een hartinfarct. (nl) Norris McWhirter (ur. 12 sierpnia 1925, zm. 19 kwietnia 2004) – brytyjski sportowiec, dziennikarz telewizyjny, współtwórca i wieloletni autor Księgi rekordów Guinnessa. Pracował m.in. jako komentator sportowy dla BBC, był świadkiem rekordu Rogera Bannistera, który 6 maja 1954 przebiegł dystans mili poniżej czterech minut. Zafascynowany rekordami, McWhirter, wraz z bratem bliźniakiem Rossem stworzył rocznik, znany jako Księga rekordów Guinnessa. W latach 1955–1975 autorami byli obaj bracia, po śmierci Rossa (1975) Norris McWhirter pozostawał autorem do 1985. Bracia prowadzili także program telewizyjny w BBC Record Breakers (również ten cykl McWhirter kontynuował po śmierci brata sam, do 1994). (pl)
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birth place	England Winchmore Hill Middlesex
death place	England Wiltshire Kington Langley
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Provisional Irish Republican Army

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