Contents lists
Updated June 2012
Correspondence and works by T. E. Lawrence
written or first published in 1935
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Works
Letters
January 1935
- To H. S. Ede 3 January 1935 S-E pp. 58-9
- To Robert Graves 13 January 1935 B:RG pp. 178-9
- To Air Commodore Sydney Smith 18 January 1935 GR pp. 240-41
- To A. E. Chambers 26 January 1935 DG pp. 840-42
- To Bruce Rogers 26 January 1935 DG pp. 842-3; BR2 pp. [35-8]
- To Pat Knowles 31 January 1935 DG pp. 845-6
- To Henry Williamson 31 January 1935 Letters 9 pp. 174-5
- To G. Wren Howard 31 January 1935 DG pp. 846-7
February 1935
- To K. W. Marshall 1 February 1935 DG pp. 847-8
- To Arthur Hall 1 February 1935 DG pp. 848-9
- To Lord Carlow 4 February 1935 DG p. 850
- To Robert Graves 4 February 1935 B:RG pp. 180-84, extract DG pp. 851-4
- To W. Bradbury 13 February 1935 DG p. 855
- Henry Williamson to T. E. Lawrence 13 February 1935 Letters 9 pp. 175-6
- To W. Bradbury 15 February 1935 DG p. 856
- To Pat Knowles 20 February 1935 DG p. 857
- To Lorna Norrington 24 February 1935 DG p. 857
- To John Buchan 25 February 1935 DG p. 858
- To Air Chief Marshal Sir Edward Ellington 25 February 1935 DG pp. 858-9
- To Peter Davies 28 February 1935 DG pp. 859-60
March 1935
- To Sydney Cockerell 6 March 1935 SCC pp. 372-3
- To Ernest Thurtle 6 March 1935 DG p. 860
- To the Hon. Esmond Harmsworth [draft, March 1935] DG pp. 860-61
- To Pat Knowles 19 March 1935 DG p. 862
April 1935
- To John Buchan 1 April 1935 DG pp. 862-3
- To C. J. Greenwood 5 April 1935 DG pp. 864-5
- To H. S. Ede 5 April 1935 DG pp. 865-6; S-E pp. 60-61
- To George Brough 5 April 1935 DG pp. 866-8
- To E. T. Leeds 5 April 1935 Leeds pp. 122-4 2039
- To Flight Lieutenant H. Norrington 20 April 1935 DG p. 868
- To Ian Deheer 20 April 1935 DG pp. 868-9
- To Mrs. Thomas Hardy Easter Monday [22 April 1935] DG pp. 869-70
May 1935
- To Sir William Rothenstein 5 May 1935 DG p. 870
- To Eric Kennington 6 May 1935 DG pp. 870-71
- To Bruce Rogers 6 May 1935 BR2 pp. [39-40]
- To E. M. Forster 7 May 1935 DG p. 871
- To K. W. Marshall 7 May 1935 DG pp. 871-2
- To Lady Astor 8 May 1935 DG p. 872
- Henry Williamson to T. E. Lawrence 10 May 1935 Letters 9 pp. 177-9
- To Henry Williamson [telegram, sent 13 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