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Lawrence of Arabia Trail

Thomas Edward Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia, was born in Wales on 16 August 1888. From the age of eight, he lived in Oxford, where he later studied Modern History at Jesus College. In 1909, he undertook an 1100 mile walking tour of Palestine and Syria, collecting material for his thesis, 'Crusader Castles'. In 1911, Lawrence started work as an archaeologist at Carchemish in Syria, where he gained knowledge of Arabs and Arabic.