1888,
16th August:
Thomas
Edward Lawrence is born.
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
Turks.
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.
