Contents lists
Updated June 2012
Correspondence and works by T. E. Lawrence
written or first published in 1935
Letters and works shown in red have been published and are now out of copyright. Click on the reference to see the published text.
Letters and works shown in green are also out of copyright and will be added.
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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