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His novel, To Sir, With Love (1959), was based on his experiences there. [9] [13] It won an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. [14] To Sir, with Love was adapted into a film of the same title, starring Sidney Poitier. Although the film was a box-office success, many critics, and Braithwaite himself, considered it too sentimental.
To Sir, With Love is a 1959 autobiographical novel by E. R. Braithwaite set in the East End of London. The novel is based on the true story of Braithwaite accepting a teaching post in a secondary school. The novel, in 22 chapters, gives insight into the politics of race and class in postwar London.
To Sir, with Love is a 1967 British drama film that deals with social and racial issues in a secondary school in the East End of London. It stars Sidney Poitier and features Christian Roberts , Judy Geeson , Suzy Kendall , Patricia Routledge and singer Lulu making her film debut. [ 4 ]
E. R. Braithwaite: 1912–2016: 104: Guyanese author [28] George Braziller: 1916–2017: 101: American book publisher [29] George E. Bria: 1916–2017: 101: American journalist [30] Sir Harry Brittain: 1873–1974: 100: British journalist and founder of the Empire Press Union [31] Arthur Judson Brown: 1856–1963: 106: American clergyman ...
Early in his career, Kabia starred in the live production of To Sir, With Love, based on E. R. Braithwaite's autographical novel. [2] The 2013 play was adapted by Ayub Khan Din and directed by Mark Babych. Kabia received a positive review from theater critic Michael Billington: "Ansu Kabia is ... outstanding as Ricky. He shows a faintly ...
Braithwaite was adjutant-general of the force that defeated Tipu Sultan at the Siege of Seringapatam in April 1799 so concluding the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. [2] He became Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army in January 1800 [ 3 ] and, after retiring in 1801, he was created a Baronet on 18 December 1802 [ 4 ] and died at his home in London on ...
The Braithwaite baronetcy, of Poston in the County of Hereford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 18 December 1802 for Major-General John Braithwaite. [1] The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1809.
John Braithwaite (sport shooter) (1925–2015), known as Bob Braithwaite, British trap shooter; John Braithwaite (writer) (born 1633), English Quaker; John Braithwaite (author) (1700–1768), English author; John Braithwaite the elder (1760–1818), British engineer; John Braithwaite (soldier) (1885–1916), New Zealand journalist, soldier and ...