T. E. Lawrence
Lawrence in 1919
Birth name	Thomas Edward Lawrence
Nickname	Lawrence of Arabia, El Aurens
Born	16 August 1888 Tremadog , Caernarfonshire , Wales , United Kingdom
Died	19 May 1935 (aged 46) Bovington Camp , Dorset , England , United Kingdom
Buried at	St Nicholas, Moreton , Dorset
Allegiance	United Kingdom Arab Revolt Kingdom of Hejaz
Service/branch	British Army Royal Air Force
Years of service	1914?18 1923?35
Rank	Colonel and Aircraftman

Colonel T.E. Lawrence (in full Thomas Edward Lawrence ), better known in history as Lawrence of Arabia (16 August 1888 ? 19 May 1935), was a British Army officer, explorer, scholar, writer, military strategist and linguist. He was born in Tremadog , Caernarfonshire , Wales . He studied history at University of Oxford . He joined the Army by taking part in the Officers' Training Corps at Oxford. He is best known for having helped the Arabs organize themselves against the Turks during the First World War .

His memoirs of the time spent with the Arabs, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926), is a well-known work of literature. He died in 1935 in a motorcycle accident in Dorset.

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