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Hugh Beaver

Sir
Hugh Beaver
KBE
Born
Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver

4 May 1890
Johannesburg, South Africa
Died16 January 1967 (aged 76)
London, England
Resting placeHoly Trinity Church, Penn Street
NationalityEnglish, South African
Alma materWellington College, Berkshire
Occupation(s)Engineer, industrialist
Years active1931–1960
Board member ofThe Guinness Book of World Records,
Guinness Brewery

Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver, KBE (4 May 1890 – 16 January 1967)[1] was an English-South African civil engineer, industrialist and bureaucrat, who founded the Guinness World Records (then known as Guinness Book of Records).[2][3][4][5][6][7] He was Director-General of the Ministry of Works and managing director at Guinness Brewery.

  1. ^ "OBITUARY. Sir HUGH EYRE CAMBELL BEAUER, KBE, LLD, 1890-1967". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 38 (4): 827–828. 1 December 1967. doi:10.1680/iicep.1967.8212.
  2. ^ Heyworth (1 January 1967). "Sir Hugh Beaver, K.B.E". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General). 130 (4): 594. JSTOR 2982546.
  3. ^ "Guinness Book of Records". Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  4. ^ Richard Cavendish (August 2005). "Publication of the Guinness Book of Records: August 27th, 1955". History Today. 55.
  5. ^ "Guinness Book History 1950 - Present". Archived from the original on 13 May 2006. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  6. ^ "BEAVER, Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell 1890-1967 Knight engineer and industrialist - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  7. ^ Strutt, Peter. "Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver KBE | History, Monuments and Memorials of Penn". Retrieved 30 July 2020.

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