T. E. Lawrence Studies

Letters and works shown in black have been published in the printed edition indicated, but are covered by copyright until, in most cases, 2039. Until then they cannot be included here.

Works

Diary 1911 (12 July to 12 August), OA pp. 5-62. Sequences of the diary entries are grouped chronologically with the letters below)

Letters

January 1911

To his mother, 10 January [1911] HL pp. 124-5
To his family, 14 January 1911 HL pp. 125-7
To his family, 21 January [1911] HL pp. 127-8
To E. T. Leeds 21 January 1911 Leeds p. 16 2039
To his family, 22 [January 1911] HL pp. 128-9
To his family, 24 January [1911] HL pp. 129-31
To Will Lawrence, 31 January [1911] HL pp. 131-3

February 1911

March 1911

To his family, 1 March [1911] HL pp. 137-9
To his family, 11 March [1911] HL pp. 139-40
To his family, 20 March [1911] HL pp. 140-42
To E. T. Leeds 27 March 1911 Leeds pp. 17-18, 20 2039
To his mother, 31 March 1911 HL pp. 143-7; DG pp. 98-102

April 1911

May 1911

June 1911

To E. T. Leeds 2 June 1911 Leeds pp. 21-3, 25 2039
To his family, 8 June 1911 HL pp. 164-7; DG pp. 108-111
To his mother, 13 June 1911 HL pp. 167-9; DG pp. 111-12
To Florence Messham, 13 June [1911] DG pp. 112-13
To his mother, 18, 19 June [1911] HL pp.169-72
To D. G. Hogarth, [after 23 June 1911] DG pp. 113-4
To his mother, 24 June [1911] HL pp. 172-4

July 1911

To Mrs Rieder, 4 July 1911 DG p. 115
To his mother, [12 July 1911] HL pp. 174-6
Diary 12-18 July 1911, OA pp. 5-18
Diary 19-29 July 1911 OA pp. 19-46
To his mother, 29 July [1911] HL p. 176; DG p. 117
Diary 30-31 July 1911 OA pp. 47-8
To the Editor of The Times

August 1911

Diary 1-6 August 1911 OA pp. 49-55
To D. G. Hogarth, 6 August [1911] DG pp. 118-9
To E. T. Leeds 6 August 1911 Leeds pp. 27-8 2039
Diary 7-11 August 1911 OA pp. 56-62
To Mrs. Rieder, 11 August 1911 DG p. 119
Diary 12 August 1911 OA p. 62
To Nöel Rieder, [12 August 1911] DG p. 120
To V. W. Richards, 26 August [1911] DG pp. 120-121

September 1911

To Mrs Rieder, 26 September [1911] DG pp. 121-3

November 1911

To Mrs Rieder, 9 November [1911] DG pp. 123-5

December 1911

To his mother, [early December 1911] HL pp. 177-8
To E. T. Leeds 6 December 1911 Leeds pp. 30-31 2039
To D. G. Hogarth, 12 December [1911] DG pp. 126-7
To his mother, 13 December [1911] HL pp. 178-9
To D. G. Hogarth, 16 December [1911] DG pp. 127-30
To his mother, 19 December 1911 HL pp. 179-80
To D. G. Hogarth, 27 December [1911] DG pp. 130-31
To his mother, 28 December [1911] HL pp. 180-81

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

T. E. Lawrence

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