Lancelot Lionel Ware OBE (5 June 1915 - 15 August 2000) was an English barrister and co-founder of Mensa International. Lancelot Ware's main claim to fame is co-founding Mensa, the international society for intellectually gifted people, with the Australian barrister Roland Berrill in 1946. They originally called it the "High IQ Club". Ware was born in Mitcham, Surrey, the eldest son of a businessman father and musical mother. Wikipedia
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