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E R Braithwaite

E. R. Braithwaite (1912 - 2016) was a Guyanese-born British-American writer who is best known for his autobiographical novels To Sir, With Love and Paid Servant, stories of social conditions and racial discrimination based on his experiences working in London as a schoolteacher and a welfare worker. A WWII veteran, he also held diplomatic positions in Guyana, the United Nations, the World Veterans Federation, and UNESCO and taught at several universities.