Properties (42)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
historical figure
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gptkbp:affiliation |
gptkb:British_Army
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gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
Military Cross |
gptkbp:born |
August 16, 1888
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gptkbp:children |
none
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gptkbp:died |
May 19, 1935
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gptkbp:education |
gptkb:Jesus_College,_Oxford
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gptkbp:famousQuote |
'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.'
'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.' 'A man can be destroyed but not defeated.' 'All men dream, but not equally.' 'The desert is an ocean in the wrong element.' 'If you can tell me who your friends are, I can tell you who you are.' 'There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.' 'The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.' 'To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.' 'The_trick,_William_Potter,_is_not_minding_that_it_hurts.' |
gptkbp:fullName |
gptkb:Thomas_Edward_Lawrence
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
T.E. Lawrence
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gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:David_Lean
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gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Wilfred_Thesiger
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gptkbp:involved |
gptkb:Arab_Revolt_against_Ottoman_Empire
gptkb:World_War_I |
gptkbp:knownFor |
his_role_in_the_Arab_Revolt
his_writings_on_the_Middle_East |
gptkbp:legacy |
cultural icon
subject of films and literature inspiration for military strategy |
gptkbp:militaryService |
gptkb:Royal_Engineers
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gptkbp:nationality |
gptkb:Celtic
British |
gptkbp:notableWork |
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
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gptkbp:occupation |
military officer
writer archaeologist |
gptkbp:placeOfBirth |
gptkb:Wales
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath |
gptkb:Dorset,_England
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gptkbp:posthumousRecognition |
numerous biographies
Lawrence_of_Arabia_film |
gptkbp:previouslyKnownAs |
gptkb:Lawrence_of_Arabia
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gptkbp:spouse |
none
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