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T E Lawrence

Colonel T. E. Lawrence, known as Lawrence of Arabia, was a leader in the Arab Revolt of 1916-18, which expelled the Turks from western Arabia and
Syria during World War I. Lawrence was some what of a genius, and his exploits made him a popular, if enigmatic, hero in the
Western world.

Thomas Edward Lawrence was born at Tremadoc, Wales, on Aug. 15, 1888. His father, Sir Thomas Robert Chapman, was an Irish landowner who left his wife for Sarah. Thomas was the second of five sons in the Lawrence family. Adopting the name Lawrence, the family settled in Oxford, where Thomas eventually entered the university. Studying in archaeology, architecture, and history, he began learning Arabic when he visited Syria and Palestine. After graduating

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