Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge
Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge
Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge
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92<br />
OBITUARIES<br />
After the war Philip went into teaching, holding posts at Paston School, North<br />
Walsham and the City <strong>of</strong> Norwich School. From 1957 until his retirement he<br />
was Head <strong>of</strong> the Maths Department at Harold Hill Grammar School in<br />
Romford. He died in May 1995.<br />
(JOSEPH) FRANKLIN (MADDERS) BRAITHWAITE (1936), brother <strong>of</strong><br />
J D C B (1930), father <strong>of</strong> P F B (1961), nephew <strong>of</strong> P J Noel-Baker (1908),<br />
cousin <strong>of</strong> B D Baker (1923), A I B (1926) and J P W Gaskell (1947), was<br />
born in London to a Quaker family on 6 April 1917. He was the third child<br />
<strong>of</strong> his mother Martha and his father John, but a good deal younger than his<br />
older siblings. The young and charming Franklin was spoiled in the<br />
Braithwaite household.The family lived in a beautiful house by Hampstead<br />
Heath, but went on long holidays around Britain with the extended family.<br />
Here Franklin got playmates <strong>of</strong> his own age and showed through his<br />
consideration for others that his status as the “golden boy” <strong>of</strong> the family had<br />
not spoiled him irredeemably.<br />
Franklin’s early school years were neither easy nor straightforward. He began<br />
at the Montessori section <strong>of</strong> King Alfred’s School in Hampstead but was soon<br />
withdrawn as it was considered to be too “rough” for him.After being tutored<br />
at home and in a small school <strong>of</strong> a keen disciplinarian called Miss Webb,<br />
Franklin was, at the age <strong>of</strong> 12, sent to Sidcot and the co-educational Quaker<br />
boarding school there. It was only when he arrived at Bootham, a Quaker<br />
secondary school inYork attended by many <strong>of</strong> his family, that Franklin’s results<br />
improved, but he never found studying easy as his mind was more attuned to<br />
the practical and the immediate.<br />
In 1936 Franklin came to King’s where he read English and Law. Though he<br />
did not neglect his studies his energies were focused on partying, playing<br />
sports and having a good time with many new friends. Two years prior to<br />
entering King’s Franklin had met Isabel Baker, a third cousin from America,<br />
with whom he had fallen in the most passionate love as befitting a teenager.<br />
Franklin’s feelings were shared by Isabel, and the two became secretly engaged<br />
at the King’s May Ball <strong>of</strong> 1938 with a ring purchased at Woolworth’s.