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Lawrence of Arabia 1916-1918

Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence, CB, DSO 1888–1935

British archaeologist, Army Officer, diplomat, and writer, became renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt 1916–1918 and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign 1915–1918 against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.

The breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and his ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as Lawrence of Arabia