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Hugh Beaver
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Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver
4 May 1890 |
| Died | 16 January 1967 (aged 76) London, England
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| Resting place | Holy Trinity Church, Penn Street |
| Nationality | English, South African |
| Alma mater | Wellington College, Berkshire |
| Occupation | Engineer, industrialist |
| Years active | 1931–1960 |
| Board member of | The Guinness Book of World Records, Guinness Brewery |
Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver, KBE (4 May 1890 – 16 January 1967) was an English-South African civil engineer, industrialist, and founder of the Guinness World Records (then known as Guinness Book of Records).
Biography
Beaver spent two years in the Indian police from 1910 and returned to England in 1921, joining the civil engineering firm Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners, as the personal assistant of Sir Alexander Gibb. During World War II he was Director-General in the newly formed Ministry of Works.
He died of heart failure in London on 16th January 1967.
Air pollution work
After the Great Smog of 1952 he was appointed as chair of the Committee on Air Pollution, known as the Beaver Committee, investigating the severe air pollution problem in London. In 1954 the committee reported results which led to effective action, in part due to a shift in public opinion.
