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  2. E. R. Braithwaite - Wikipedia

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    Eustace Edward Ricardo Braithwaite (June 27, 1912 – December 12, 2016), publishing as E. R. Braithwaite, was a Guyanese-born British-American novelist, writer, teacher and diplomat best known for his stories of social conditions and racial discrimination against black people.

  3. To Sir, With Love (novel) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. To Sir, with Love - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  5. Anisfield-Wolf Book Award - Wikipedia

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    E. R. Braithwaite: To Sir, With Love: Louis E. Lomax: The Reluctant African: 1962 Dwight L. Dumond: Antislavery: The Crusade for Freedom in America: John Howard Griffin: Black Like Me: 1963 Theodosius Dobzhansky: Mankind Evolving: 1964 Harold R. Isaacs: The New World of Negro Americans: Bernard E. Olson: Faith and Prejudice: Nathan Glazer and ...

  6. List of fiction works made into feature films (S–Z) - Wikipedia

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    To Sir, with Love II (1996) [N 2] To the Devil – a Daughter (1953), Dennis Wheatley: To the Devil a Daughter (1976) To the Last Man (1921), Zane Grey: To the Last Man (1923) To the Last Man (1933) Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus (serialised 1877), published as a book 1881), James Otis Kaler (as James Otis) Toby Tyler or 10 Weeks with ...

  7. James Edward Smith (botanist) - Wikipedia

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    Smith was born in Norwich in 1759, the son of a wealthy wool merchant. He started studying botanical science when he was eighteen. [2] In 1781 he enrolled in the medical course at the University of Edinburgh, [2] where he studied chemistry under Joseph Black, natural history under John Walker, [citation needed] and botany under John Hope, an early teacher of Linnaean taxonomy. [2]

  8. 1968 New Year Honours - Wikipedia

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    Kenneth Arthur Sprayson, Headmaster, Sir James Smith's School, Camelford, Cornwall. William Henry Storey, Managing Director, Unicam Instruments Ltd. For services to Export. Francis Fenton Swalwell, TD, Assistant Accountant and Comptroller General, Board of Inland Revenue.

  9. James Smyth (English MP) - Wikipedia

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    Sir James Smyth (c. 1621 – 18 November 1681) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1681. He was lieutenant-colonel and captain of the Tangier Regiment from its raising in 1661 until 1665, when he became lieutenant-colonel of the Coldstream Guards .