What is T. E. Lawrence?
{{Infobox military person |name= T. E. Lawrence |birth_name=Thomas Edward Lawrence |birth_date= 16 August 1888 |death_date= 19 May 1935 (aged 46) |birth_place= [[Tremadog]], [[Caernarfonshire]], [[Wales]], United Kingdom |death_place= [[Bovington Camp]], [[Dorset]], [[England]], United Kingdom |placeofburial = [[St Nicholas, Moreton]], Dorset |alma_mater= [[Jesus College, Oxford]] |image=With Lawrence in Arabia.jpg |caption=Lawrence in 1919 |nickname=Lawrence of Arabia, El Aurens |allegiance= [[United Kingdom]]<br>[[Arab Revolt]]<br>[[Kingdom of Hejaz]] |branch=[[File:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]]<br>[[File:Air Force Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|23px]] [[Royal Air Force]] |serviceyears= 1914–18<br />1923–35 |rank= [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] and [[Aircraftman]] |unit= |commands= }} 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 people|British]] [[British Army|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 [[Turkish people|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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lawrence, T.E. }} [[Category:1888 births]] [[Category:1935 deaths]] [[Category:British explorers]] [[Category:British military people]] [[Category:Welsh writers]] [[Category:Road accident deaths in the United Kingdom]] {{bio-stub}}