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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 ...
James Wilson was a schoolteacher by trade. [1]After spending some time teaching in Hexham, he suffered financial embarrassment and had to move away.. He chose Morpeth, where he met a fellow schoolteacher, who was also a poet and songwriter, Wallis Ogle, who managed to find him a post at Causey Park Bridge School (spelt "Cawsey" in John Bell's Rhymes of Northern Bards), where shortly after he died.
Sir John Wilson, 1st Baronet (1844–1918) Sir James Robertson Wilson, 2nd Baronet (1883–1964) Sir John Menzies Wilson, 3rd Baronet (1885–1968) Sir Thomas Douglas Wilson, 4th Baronet (1917–1984) Sir James William Douglas Wilson, 5th Baronet (born 1960) The heir apparent is the present holder's son Thomas Edward Douglas Wilson (born 1990).
Sir James Wilson, KCSI (27 February 1853 – 22 September 1926) [1] was a British civil servant in British India, where he spent most of his career in the Punjab.After his return to the United Kingdom he was a senior civil servant under the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, representing the country at the International Institute of Agriculture.
James Wilson (3 June 1805 – 11 August 1860) was a Scottish businessman, economist, and Liberal politician who founded The Economist weekly and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, which merged with Standard Bank in 1969 to form Standard Chartered.