- Born
- Died
- Birth nameThomas Edward Lawrence
- Nicknames
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Ned
- Height5′ 5½″ (1.66 m)
- T.E. Lawrence was born on August 16, 1888 in Tremadoc, Caernarvonshire, Wales, UK. He was a writer, known for Sabaton: Seven Pillars of Wisdom (2019), With Lawrence in Arabia (1927) and T. E. Lawrence 1888-1935 (1962). He died on May 19, 1935 in Clouds Hill, Dorset, England, UK.
- While staying at Winston Churchill's country home, Chartwell, Lawrence came to the dinner tabled dressed in the robes of an Arabian prince. Churchill's children were enchanted, and applauded him.
- British officer who led the Arab armies against the Turks in the Middle East during World War I from 1915 to 1918.
- Appears on the sleeve of The Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album.
- He served in the Royal Air Force as an enlisted man under the names John Hume Ross and Thomas Edward Shaw. He joined the RAF anonymously for the first time in 1922, but quit due to press publicity. He later joined the Royal Tank Corps, but transferred back to the RAF in 1925. He served 10 years as an enlisted man with the RAF from 1925 until shortly before his death.
- Was a friend of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
- There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.
- We have appropriated too many Moslem countries for them to have any real trust in our disinterestedness.
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