E. R. Braithwaite | |
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.jpg) Braithwaite in 1962 | |
| Born | Eustace Edward Ricardo Braithwaite June 27, 1912 Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana) |
| Died | December 12, 2016 (aged 104) Rockville, Maryland, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, writer, diplomat, teacher, pilot |
| Alma mater | City College of New York (B.S.) University of Cambridge (MSc) |
| Genre | Fiction, literature |
| Partner | Genevieve Ast |
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. He was the author of the 1959 autobiographical novel To Sir, With Love, which was made into a 1967 British drama film of the same title, starring Sidney Poitier and Lulu. The narrator is an engineer, but to make ends meet, he accepts the job of teacher in a rough London school.