1888, 16 August
Thomas Edward Lawrence is born in Tremadog, North Wales.
1896
The Lawrence family moves to Oxford.
1907-1910
Lawrence studies at Jesus College, Oxford. For his thesis on
crusader castles he cycles 2,400 miles through France and walks
1,100 miles in Syria.
1911
Lawrence starts work as an archaeologist at Carchemish in Syria.
1914
War begins. Lawrence is sent to Cairo.
1915
Lawrence's two brothers, Will and Frank, die in France.
1916
The Arab Revolt begins and Lawrence joins Sherif Faisal in
his campaigns against the Turkish poeple.
1918
Damascus is captured from the Turks. Lawrence returns to England.
1919
The Paris Peace Conference dashes Arab dreams of independence.
1921-1922
Lawrence, working with Churchill at the Colonial Office, helps
to achieve some degree of Arab self-rule.
1922-1935
Lawrence first joins the Royal Air Force under the pseudonym
of J.H. Ross, but disclosures in the press cause his discharge.
He serves in the Tank Corps, then rejoins the RAF as T.E. Shaw.
During this period he publishes Seven Pillars of Wisdom,
The Mint and his translations of Le Corbeau's
Gigantesque and Homer's Odyssey.
1935, 19 May
Lawrence dies as a result of a motorcycle accident near his
home in Dorset.