T. E. Lawrence Thomas Edward Lawrence, called Lawrence of Arabia (1888-1935), was a great British adventurer, soldier, and author, who started and led the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire during world war I, which lasted from 1914 to 1918. Lawrence was born in Tremadoc, Wales, and he got a fine education at the University of Oxford. In 1910 he joined a British Museum archaeological expedition to the ancient city known as Carchemish, which today is called Karkamis, …
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…discharged, he was killed in a motorcycle accident in Dorset. Among several great literary masterpieces Lawrence wrote, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the most commonly known amongst teachers and scholars everywhere. It is a recount of his adventures with the Arabs. This book was considered a masterpiece, and is treasured very highly by the Arab people. There is also a shorter version of this book entitled Revolt in the Desert, which was written in 1927.