Norris McWhirter
Social activist, Author
1925 – 2004
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Who was Norris McWhirter?
Norris Dewar McWhirter, CBE was a writer, political activist, co-founder of the Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his twin brother, Ross, were known internationally for the The Guinness Book of Records, a book they wrote and annually updated together between 1955 and 1975. After Ross's assassination by the Provisional Irish Republican Army, Norris carried on alone as editor.
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- Born
- Aug 12, 1925
Winchmore Hill - Siblings
- Spouses
- Carole Eckert
(1957/12/28 - ) - Tessa von Weichardt
- Carole Eckert
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Trinity College, Oxford
- Marlborough College
- Lived in
- Enfield
- London
- Died
- Apr 19, 2004
Kington Langley
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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