I started off my research by going to...Wikipedia. Surprise. I was glancing at the table of contents, and one chapter caught my attention, "Sexuality." Do most Wikipedia biographies have a "sexuality" chapter? I didn't think so. This guy must be awesome!
I read the section, and was a little creeped out, especially when it said "Lawrence hired people to whip him." The article says that he was into weird stuff like that. He pretended to have a mean uncle that forced him to be beaten. Apparently some people think Lawrence was homosexual, but most evidence says that he had little interest in sex at all. They claim he was "asexual." Not the pimp I was hoping for...
Anyway, some of his most important works were letters that he sent to various political figures. In addition to his letters/diaries, he had 4 major pieces of writing. Two of them were translations of old stories. As far as I can tell, his most famous writing was "Seven Pillars of Wisdom," which was an account of his war experiences. During the war he was a liaison between the British and Arabs, giving him extraordinary powers. They even made a movie about him, Lawrence of Arabia.
He died at the age of 46, from a motorcycle accident. There were two boys riding their bicycles down the road, and Lawrence didn't see them until he got over a hill, and he was forced to swerve to avoid them. He lost control of the bike and was flipped over the handle bars. A few days later he died.
Phanic Time!
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