Thomas Edward Lawrence was a British military officer renowned for his role during the Arab Revolution from 1916 to 1918.

I’ve chosen this person because I liked the film Lawrence of Arabia based on his life.
Lawrence was worn at Gorphwysfa, Wales in 1888. His father Thomas Chapman had abandoned his wife for his daughters’ governess Sarah Junner. The couple had had five illegitimate sons and Thomas was second.

In 1907, Lawrence was educated in Oxford, during 1907 and 1908 he toured France by bicycle and even he travelled 1000 miles on foot in Syria. Later, Lawrence graduated with First Class Honours. When he finished his degree Lawrence began working as archaeologist in the Middle East.

During the Arab revolt, Lawrence fought with Arab troops under the command, of Emir Faisal against the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire and finally Lawrence wan the battle.
In 1918, Lawrence was involved in the capture of Damascus and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel but two years later the French forces, under the command of General Mariano Gaybet, entered Damascus breaking Lawrence’s expectations of an independent Arabia.

In 1922 he enlisted the Royal Air Force as an aircraft-man and he stayed in R.A.F for about 12 years.
In 1935, at the age of 46, a few weeks after leaving the in the R.A.F., Lawrence was injured in a motorbike accident, he died six days later. Due to this accident, one of the doctors attending him, was very affected, for this reason he began a long study about head injuries. His research led to the use of crash helmets by motorcyclists.