T. E. Lawrence

Contents lists



1888-1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915-16

1917-18

1919-20

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

Updated June 2012

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works by T. E. Lawrence
names of correspondents

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Works

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'Abdullah and the Akhwan', Arab Bulletin, 24 December 1917, SD pp. 145-7

Abstract of instructions give n to Nesib el Bekri at Kaf on June 18th, 1917

The Arab Bulletin, secret publication circulated by the Arab Bureau, Cairo, 1916-19. Lawrence's identified contributions are listed in the contents lists for 1915-16, 1917-18 and 1919-20 under their dates. In 1986 the entire Arab Bulletin was reprinted in 4 vols (Archive Editions, Gerrards Cross, Bucks).

• 'Mesopotamia', Arab Bulletin No. 3, DG pp. 208-10

• Letter from Sherif Feisal' [26 October 1916], Arab Bulletin No. 8, 8 November 1916; SD 11-12

• 'Extracts from a diary of a journey', Arab Bulletin, 18 November 1916, SD 12-20

• 'Raids on the railway', Arab Bulletin, 13 May 1917, SD pp. 82-95

• 'Notes on Hejaz affairs', Arab Bulletin, 13 May 1917, SD pp. 96-7

• 'Wejh to Wadi Aid and back', Arab Bulletin, 23 May 1917, SD pp. 97-109

• 'In Sherif Abdullah's camp', Arab Bulletin, 23 May 1917, SD pp. 109-11

• 'The Occupation of Akaba' No. 59, DG pp. 231-6

• 'The Howeitat and their chiefs', Arab Bulletin, 24 July 1917, SD pp. 111-4

• 'The Sherif's religious views', Arab Bulletin, 12 August 1917, SD pp. 115-9

• 'The Sherif and his neighbours', Arab Bulletin, 20 August 1917, SD pp. 124-6

• 'Twenty-seven Articles', Arab Bulletin, 20 August 1917

• 'The Battle of Seil el-Hesa' No 79, DG pp. 240-43

• 'The raid near Bir Esh-Shediyah', Arab Bulletin, 21 October 1917, SD pp. 137-141

• 'Geographical notes', Arab Bulletin, 21 October 1917, SD pp. 141-2

• 'A raid', Arab Bulletin, 16 December 1917, SD pp. 142-5

• 'Abdullah and the Akhwan', Arab Bulletin, 24 December 1917, SD pp. 145-7

• 'The Destruction of the Fourth Army', No 106, DG pp. 247-57

• Syria, The Raw Material', 1915, Arab Bulletin, 12 March 1917

• 'Syrian cross-currents', [Arab Bulletin Supplementary Paper No. 1, 1 February 1918], SD pp. 155-161

• 'Akhwan converts', Arab Bulletin, 27 January 1918, SD p. 148

• 'First reports from Tafila', Arab Bulletin, 11 February 1918, SD p. 149

• 'Report on Khurma', Arab Bulletin, 9 July 1918, SD pp. 153-4

Foreword to Arabia Felix, by Bertram Thomas (London, Jonathan Cape, 1932, pp. xv-xviii)

The Army Quarterly (London). Extracts from Lawrence's unpublished 1920 abridgement of Seven Pillars of Wisdom:

• Vol. I, No. 1, October 1920 contains 'The evolution of a revolt', by T. E. Lawrence (pp. 55-69). Reprinted in: Lawrence (Thomas Edward): Oriental Assembly (pp. 103-34); Lawrence (Thomas Edward): Evolution of a revolt (pp. 100-19). Extract in: Lawrence (Thomas Edward): The essential T.E. Lawrence (pp. 214-20).

• Vol. II, No. 1, April 1921 contains 'A set piece. January 1918', by T.E. Lawrence (pp. 23-31).

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Letters

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J. B. Acres

• 15 January 1926 DG pp. 492-3

Ernest Altounyan

• 9 January 1933 DG pp. 758-9
• 7 April 1934 DG p. 794
• 9 December 1934 DG pp. 831-2

Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem

• [1922, 1st draft] DG pp. 342-3
• [1922, 2nd draft] DG pp. 343-4

Viscountess Astor (Nancy Astor)

• 22 July 1929 DG pp. 665-6
• 19 January 1930 DG pp. 678-9
• [postmarked 2 March 1931] DG pp. 713-4
• 10 June 1931 DG p. 722
• 12 November 1931 DG p. 737
• 10 July 1933 DG pp. 770-71
• 31 December 1933 DG pp. 787-9
• 15 February 1934 DG p. 790
• 8 May 1935 DG p. 872

 

T. E. Lawrence chronology



1888 16 August: born at Tremadoc, Wales

1896-1907: City of Oxford High School for Boys

1907-9: Jesus College, Oxford, B.A., 1st Class Hons, 1909

1910-14: Magdalen College, Oxford (Senior Demy), while working at the British Museum's excavations at Carchemish

1915-16: Military Intelligence Dept, Cairo

1916-18: Liaison Officer with the Arab Revolt

1919: Attended the Paris Peace Conference

1919-22: wrote Seven Pillars of Wisdom

1921-2: Adviser on Arab Affairs to Winston Churchill at the Colonial Office

1922 August: Enlisted in the Ranks of the RAF

1923 January: discharged from the RAF

1923 March: enlisted in the Tank Corps

1923: translated a French novel, The Forest Giant

1924-6: prepared the subscribers' abridgement of Seven Pillars of Wisdom

1927-8: stationed at Karachi, then Miranshah

1927 March: Revolt in the Desert, an abridgement of Seven Pillars, published

1928: completed The Mint, began translating Homer's Odyssey

1929-33: stationed at Plymouth

1931: started working on RAF boats

1932: his translation of the Odyssey published

1933-5: attached to MAEE, Felixstowe

1935 February: retired from the RAF

1935 19 May: died from injuries received in a motor-cycle crash on 13 May

1935 21 May: buried at Moreton, Dorset