Hugh Beaver
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Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver,
Biography
Beaver was born on 4 May 1890 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire.[8]
Beaver spent two years in the Indian police from 1910 and returned to England in 1921, joining the civil engineering firm
During World War II he was Director-General in the newly formed Ministry of Works, and was in charge of the whole wartime programme of works.[8]
Beaver was knighted in 1943. After the war, he was a member of the New Towns Committee.[8]
At Guinness
Beaver joined
Air pollution work and later life
After the
He was Chairman of the Committee on Power Station Construction between 1952–1953, Chairman of the
Beaver was made
He was President of the Royal Statistical Society between 1959–1960.[11]
Beaver died of heart failure in London on 16 January 1967.[12]
Honours
- Knight Bachelor (1943)
- Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire(1956)
References
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- JSTOR 2982546.
- ^ "Guinness Book of Records". Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ Richard Cavendish (August 2005). "Publication of the Guinness Book of Records: August 27th, 1955". History Today. 55.
- ^ "Guinness Book History 1950 - Present". Archived from the original on 13 May 2006. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "BEAVER, Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell 1890-1967 Knight engineer and industrialist - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ^ Strutt, Peter. "Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver KBE | History, Monuments and Memorials of Penn". Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Presidents - Sir Hugh Beaver KBE: 1957—1959". Institution of Chemical Engineers. Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ISBN 9780333949818.
- ISBN 978-0-312-14104-2.
- ^ "Royal Statistical Society Presidents". Royal Statistical Society. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ "Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver KBE". History, Monuments and Memorials of Holy Trinity, Penn Street. Archived from the original on 22 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
External links
- History of the Guinness World Records - Official Site
- Catalogue of the papers of Sir Hugh Beaver at London School of Economics Archives
- Portrait at the National Portrait gallery