In 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, the then managing director of the
Guinness Brewery, went on a shooting party and became involved in
an argument. Which was the fastest game bird in Europe - the golden
plover or the grouse? He realized then that a book supplying the
answers to this sort of question might prove popular. He was
right!
Sir Hugh's idea became reality when Norris and Ross McWhirter, who
had been running a fact-finding agency in London, were commissioned
to compile what became The Guinness Book of Records. The first
edition was bound on August 27, 1955, and went to the top of the
British bestseller lists by Christmas that year.
Since then, Guinness World RecordsT has become a household name and
the global leader in world records. No other enterprise collects,
confirms, accredits and presents world record data with the same
investment in comprehensiveness and authenticity.
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