T.E. Lawrence

GPTKB entity

Properties (42)
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gptkbp:instanceOf historical figure
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
Military Cross
gptkbp:born August 16, 1888
gptkbp:children none
gptkbp:died May 19, 1935
gptkbp:education gptkb:Jesus_College,_Oxford
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label T.E. Lawrence
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:David_Lean
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Wilfred_Thesiger
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
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Celtic
British
gptkbp:notableWork Seven Pillars of Wisdom
gptkbp:occupation military officer
writer
archaeologist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Wales
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Dorset,_England
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition numerous biographies
Lawrence_of_Arabia_film
gptkbp:previouslyKnownAs gptkb:Lawrence_of_Arabia
gptkbp:spouse none