T. E. Lawrence
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T. E. Lawrence was a British archaeologist, army officer, and diplomat who lived from 1888 to 1935. He is historically significant for his roles in archaeological work, military service, and diplomatic efforts during a transformative period in British history.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 16 August 1888
- Died
- 19 May 1935
- Works
- 76
Top works
- The forest giant
- T. E. Lawrence to his biographers
- Peri tēs tōn Arabōn eusebeias
- T. E. Lawrence to his biographer, Liddell Hart
- My estimate of the time required to produce an adequate edition of my war narrative "The Seven pillars" has proved wrong
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 19
- Total plays
- 71
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Microsoft COCO: Common Objects in Context
· 2014 · cited 25,201x
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Thomas Edward Lawrence (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British Army officer, archaeologist, diplomat and writer known for his role during the Arab Revolt and Sinai and Palestine campaign against the Ottoman Empire in the First World War. The breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and Lawrence's ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as Lawrence of Arabia, a title used for the 1962 film based on his wartime activities.
Lawrence was born in Tremadog, Carnarvonshire, Wales, the illegitimate son of Sir Thomas Chapman, an Anglo-Irish landowner, and Sarah Lawrence (née Junner), a governess in the employ of Chapman. In 1896, Lawrence moved to Oxford, attending the City of Oxford High School for Boys, and read history at Jesus College, Oxford, from 1907 to 1910. Between 1910 and 1914, he worked as an archaeologist for the British Museum, chiefly at Carchemish in Ottoman Syria.