A fact from David Whitaker (publisher) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 November 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that David Whitaker has been called "the father of the ISBN"?
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... that David Whitaker has been called "the father of the ISBN"? "Sometimes referred to as “the father of the ISBN,” he helped drive the development of Standard Book Numbering (SBN) and then the International Standard Book Number in the 1960s." from: Tagholm, Roger (6 August 2021). "Remembering the UK Publishing Industry's David Whitaker, ISBN Pioneer". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
Whitaker's birth date is listed as 6 March 1931 in Who's Who. WP:RSP is cautionary on using Who's Who, so I could understand why one might want to leave it out. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 05:19, 12 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]