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Norris McWhirter

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born

August 12, 1925 in Winchmore Hill, London, The United Kingdom

died

April 19, 2004

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Norris Dewar McWhirter, CBE (12 August 1925, Winchmore Hill, London – 19 April 2004, Wiltshire) was a writer, political activist, co-founder of the Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his identical twin brother, Ross, were known internationally for the Guinness Book of Records, a book they wrote and annually updated together between 1955 and 1975. After Ross McWhirter's assassination by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), Norris McWhirter carried on alone as editor until he retired in 1985.

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Average rating: 3.94 · 120 ratings · 15 reviews · 68 distinct works

	Guinness Book of World Records 1972 by Norris McWhirter (editor), Ross McWhirter (Editor), Guinness World Records 405 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1972	My rating:
	Guinness Book of World Records 1980 by Norris McWhirter, Stan Greenberg (Sports Editor), David A. Boehm (Editor) 430 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Guinness Book of World Records 1978 by Norris McWhirter (Editor), Guinness World Records 456 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Guinness Book of Superstunts & Staggering Statistics 460 avg rating — 5 ratings	My rating:
	Guinness Book of Answers 350 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1985 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Guinness Book Of World Records 1982 by Norris McWhirter (Editor), Guinness World Records 500 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Guinness Book of Records 1977 by Norris McWhirter (Editor), Guinness World Records (Editor) 367 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Guinness Book of World Records 1983 450 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1982	My rating:
	The Guinness Book of World Records 1964 by Norris McWhirter (Editor), Ross McWhirter (Editor), Guinness World Records 400 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1964	My rating:
	Guinness Book of Records 1984 by Norris McWhirter (Editor), Guinness World Records (Editor) 375 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1979 — 5 editions	My rating: