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T. E. Lawrence

1888 - 1935

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. T. E. Lawrence is the 72nd most popular military personnel (down from 39th in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 99th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Military Personnel.

Lawrence is most famous for his novel "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom." He was a British writer, archaeologist, and military officer.

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Among military personnels, T. E. Lawrence ranks 72 out of 2,058. Before him are Ubba, Ernst Röhm, Eugène de Beauharnais, Manfred von Richthofen, Yi Sun-sin, and Walter Model. After him are Stanislav Petrov, Erich Raeder, Hasdrubal Barca, Ferdinand Foch, Michel Ney, and Eli Cohen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, T. E. Lawrence ranks 7. Before him are T. S. Eliot, Heinz Guderian, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Fernando Pessoa, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., and Otto Stern. After him are Dale Carnegie, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, José Raúl Capablanca, Roland Garros, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, and Nikolai Bukharin. Among people deceased in 1935, T. E. Lawrence ranks 7. Before him are Kazimir Malevich, Józef Piłsudski, Arthur Henderson, John Macleod, Fernando Pessoa, and Alfred Dreyfus. After him are Paul Signac, Victor Grignard, Emmy Noether, Alban Berg, Auguste Escoffier, and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, T. E. Lawrence ranks 226 out of 8,785. Before him are Æthelbald, King of Wessex (831), George Stephenson (1781), John Harvard (1607), W. H. Auden (1907), William John Macquorn Rankine (1820), and Humphry Davy (1778). After him are Marie of Romania (1875), Joseph Priestley (1733), Ringo Starr (1940), C. S. Lewis (1898), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935), and Æthelstan (895).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, T. E. Lawrence ranks 5. Before him are Bernard Montgomery (1887), William Wallace (1270), Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857), and Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758). After him are Edward Smith (1850), Claude Auchinleck (1884), John Hawkins (1532), Alexander Selkirk (1676), William Stuart-Houston (1911), Gertrude Bell (1868), and Captain Tom (1920).

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