T. E. Lawrence and his four brothers were graduates of Oxford University, as were many of his colleagues, friends and famous English men of letters.
Who spent their College days with whom?
Who were contemporaries of the Lawrence brothers?
Who were their fellow Oxonians?
NOTES: They are classified by their colleges in alphabetical order, and their names in chronological order.
The names of the people Lawrence knew personally are shown in deep 'Oxford' blue colour.
Each asterisk(*) between their birth and death years stands for one year of their life. Their college years are shown in light blue asterisks. [Some of these light blue asterisks are only provisionally correct, because of the shortage of information. Your suggestions will be welcomed.]
"P-of-U" means "President of Union" of the University.
College Names
[ A - B - C - E - H - J - L - M - N - O - Q - S - T - U - W ]
Other graduates [ Cambridge ][ Woolwich ][ Sandhurst ]
| College | Name | Lifetime |
| All Souls founded 1438 |
Lord Curzon | ********1859******************************************************************1925 (George Nathaniel Curzon, P-of-U 1882) |
| C. G. Lang * | *************1864*********************************************************************************1945 (C. G. Lang, P-of-U 1884) | |
| Lionel Curtis | *********************1872***********************************************************************************1955 (Lionel Curtis) | |
| Leopold Amery | **********************1873**********************************************************************************1955 (Leopold Amery) | |
| Geoffrey Dawson | ***********************1874**********************************************************************1944 (Geoffrey Dawson) | |
| Lord Halifax | ******************************1881******************************************************************************1959 (Edward Wood) | |
| T. E. Lawrence | *************************************1888***********************************************1935 (T. E. Lawrence) | |
| A. L. Rowse | ****************************************************1903**********************************************************************************************1997 | |
| Balliol founded 1263 |
Lord Milner | ***1854***********************************************************************1925 (Alfred Milner, P-of-U 1875) |
| Charles Firth | ******1857*******************************************************************************1936 (Charles Firth) | |
| Reginald Lane Poole | ******1857**********************************************************************************1939 (Reginald Lane Poole) | |
| Lord Curzon | ********1859******************************************************************1925 (George Nathaniel Curzon, P-of-U 1882) | |
| Sir Edward Grey * | ***********1862***********************************************************************1933 (Sir Edward Grey) | |
| Anthony Hope | ************1863**********************************************************************1933 (Anthony Hope, P-of-U 1886) | |
| C. G. Lang * | *************1864*********************************************************************************1945 (C. G. Lang, P-of-U 1884) | |
| Hilaire Belloc | *******************1870***********************************************************************************1953 (Hilaire Belloc, P-of-U 1895) | |
| Sir Herbert Samuel | *******************1870*********************************************************************************************1963 (Sir Herbert Samuel) | |
| Leopold Amery | **********************1873**********************************************************************************1955 (Leopold Amery) | |
| Ernest Barker * | ***********************1874***************************************************************************************1960 (Ernest Barker) | |
| Auberon Herbert * | *************************1876****************************************1916 (Lord Lucas) | |
| Raymond Asquith * | ***************************1878**************************************1916 (Raymond Asquith, P-of-U 1900) | |
| William Beveridge | ****************************1879************************************************************************************1963 (1st Baron Beveridge) | |
| Aubrey Herbert * | *****************************1880*******************************************1923 (Aubrey Herbert) | |
| William Temple | ******************************1881***************************************************************1944 (William Temple, P-of-U 1904) | |
| John Beazley * | **********************************1885*************************************************************************************1970 (John Beazley) | |
| Harold Nicolson | ***********************************1886**********************************************************************************1968 (Harold Nicolson) | |
| Julian Huxley * | ************************************1887****************************************************************************************1975 (J. Huxley) | |
| Ronald Knox | *************************************1888*********************************************************************1957 (Ronald Knox, P-of-U 1909) | |
| Lewis Namier * | *************************************1888********************************************************************************1960 (Lewis Namier) | |
| Arnold Joseph Toynbee * | **************************************1889**************************************************************************************1975 (A. J. Toynbee) | |
| Aldous Huxley * | *******************************************1894*********************************************************************1963 (Aldous Huxley) | |
| Francis Rodd * | ********************************************1895**********************************************************************************1978 (F. Rodd) | |
| Anthony Asquith | ***************************************************1902*****************************************************************1968 (A. Asquith) | |
| Cyril Connolly | ****************************************************1903***********************************************************************1974 (C. Connolly) | |
| Graham Greene * | *****************************************************1904***************************************************************************************1991 | |
| Peter Quennell | ******************************************************1905****************************************************************************************1993 | |
| Anthony Powell | ******************************************************1905***********************************************************************************************2000 | |
| Nigel Nicolson * | ******************************************************************1917*************************************************************************************************************2004 | |
| Brasenose founded 1509 |
Sir Arthur Evans * | 1851******************************************************************************************1941 (Sir Arthur Evans) |
| Douglas Haig * | **********1861*******************************************************************1928 (1st Earl Haig) | |
| John Buchan * | ************************1875*****************************************************************1940 (John Buchan, P-of-U 1899) | |
| John Middleton Murry | **************************************1889********************************************************************1957 (John Middleton Murry) | |
| William Golding * | ************************************************************1911**********************************************************************************1993 | |
| John Mortimer * | ************************************************************************1923**************************************************************************************2009 | |
| Christ Church founded 1546 |
Lord Halifax | ******************************1881******************************************************************************1959 (Edward Wood) |
| Apsley Cherry-Garrard | ***********************************1886*************************************************************************1959 (Apsley Cherry-Garrard) | |
| Sir Philip Sassoon | *************************************1888***************************************************1939 (Sir Philip Sassoon) | |
| Adrian Boult | **************************************1889**********************************************************************************************1983 | |
| T. W. Chaundy | **************************************1889*****************************************************************************1966 (T. W. Chaundy) | |
| Anthony Eden * | **********************************************1897********************************************************************************1977 | |
| Alec Douglas-Home | ****************************************************1903********************************************************************************************1995 | |
| A. L. Rowse | ****************************************************1903**********************************************************************************************1997 | |
| Harold Acton | *****************************************************1904*******************************************************************************************1994 | |
| Tom Driberg | ******************************************************1905***********************************************************************1976 (T. Driberg) | |
| Christopher Sykes | ********************************************************1907********************************************************************************1987 | |
| W. H. Auden * | ********************************************************1907******************************************************************1973 (W. H. Auden) | |
| Randolph Churchill | ************************************************************1911*********************************************************1968 (Randolph Churchill) | |
| Exeter founded 1314 |
J. R. R. Tolkien * | *****************************************1892*********************************************************************************1973 (J. R. R. Tolkien) |
| Hertford founded 1874 |
Evelyn Waugh * | ****************************************************1903***************************************************************1966 (Evelyn Waugh) |
| Jesus founded 1571 |
Vyvyan Richards | ***********************************1886**********************************************************************************1968 (Vyvyan Richards) |
| T. E. Lawrence | *************************************1888***********************************************1935 (T. E. Lawrence) | |
| E. F. Hall | *************************************1888***************************************************************************************************1987 | |
| Alwyn Williams | *************************************1888********************************************************************************1968 (Alwyn Williams) | |
| Frank Lawrence | ******************************************1893**********************1915 (Frank Lawrence) | |
| Harold Wilson | *****************************************************************1916*******************************************************************************1995 | |
| Lady Margaret Hall founded 1878 |
Gertrude Bell | *****************1868**********************************************************1926 (Gertrude Bell) |
| Lincoln founded 1427 |
Edward Thomas | ***************************1878***************************************1917 (Edward Thomas) |
| Osbert Lancaster | *********************************************************1908******************************************************************************1986 | |
| Magdalen founded 1458 |
Oscar Wilde * | ***1854**********************************************1900 (Oscar Wilde) |
| D. G. Hogarth * | ***********1862*****************************************************************1927 (D. G. Hogarth) | |
| Lord Alfred Douglas * | *******************1870***************************************************************************1945 (Lord Alfred Douglas) | |
| Geoffrey Dawson | ***********************1874**********************************************************************1944 (Geoffrey Dawson) | |
| Compton Mackenzie | ********************************1883*****************************************************************************************1972 (C. Mackenzie) | |
| Alan Dawney | *************************************1888**************************************************1938 (Alan Dawney) | |
| John Betjeman * | *******************************************************1906******************************************************************************1984 | |
| Merton founded 1264 |
Max Beerbohm | *********************1872************************************************************************************1956 (Max Beerbohm) |
| T. S. Eliot * | *************************************1888*****************************************************************************1965 (T. S. Eliot) | |
| Louis MacNeice * | ********************************************************1907********************************************************1963 (L. MacNeice) | |
| Angus Wilson * | **************************************************************1913******************************************************************************1991 | |
| New founded 1379 |
Charles Firth * | ******1857*******************************************************************************1936 (Charles Firth) |
| David Margoliouth * | *******1858**********************************************************************************1940 (David Margoliouth) | |
| Sir Frederic Kenyon | ************1863*****************************************************************************************1952 (Sir Frederic Kenyon) | |
| John Galsworthy | ****************1867******************************************************************1933 (John Galsworthy) | |
| Lionel Curtis | *********************1872***********************************************************************************1955 (Lionel Curtis) | |
| Waldorf Astor | ****************************1879*************************************************************************1952 (2nd Viscount Astor) | |
| Sir Samuel Hoare | *****************************1880*******************************************************************************1959 (Sir Samuel Hoare) | |
| C. Leonard Woolley | *****************************1880********************************************************************************1960 (C. Leonard Woolley) | |
| Philip Kerr | *******************************1882**********************************************************1940 (Marquess of Lothian) | |
| Lord Winterton | ********************************1883*******************************************************************************1962 (Edward Turnour) | |
| A. P. Herbert * | ***************************************1890*******************************************************************************1971 (A. P. Herbert) | |
| Victor Gollancz | ******************************************1893***************************************************************************1967 (V. Gollancz) | |
| Harold Laski * | ******************************************1893*********************************************************1950 (Harold Laski) | |
| Maurice Bowra | ***********************************************1898*************************************************************************1971 (M. Bowra) | |
| A. W. Lawrence | *************************************************1900*******************************************************************************************1991 | |
| Max Mallowan | *****************************************************1904***************************************************************************1978 | |
| Oriel founded 1326 |
Philip Perceval Graves | **************************1876*****************************************************************************1953 (Philip Perceval Graves) |
| Richard Hughes | *************************************************1900*********************************************************************************1976 (R. Hughes) | |
| A. J. P. Taylor * | *******************************************************1906************************************************************************************1990 | |
| Queen's founded 1340 |
Edmund Blunden | *********************************************1896******************************************************************************1974 (E. Blunden) |
| St. John's founded 1555 |
A. E. Housman * | ********1859*****************************************************************************1936 (A. E. Housman) | Charles ffoulkes | *****************1868*******************************************************************************1947 (Charles ffoulkes) |
| Leonard Green | **********************************1885*********************************************************************************1966 (Leonard Green) | |
| Bob Lawrence | **********************************1885**************************************************************************************1971 (Bob Lawrence) | |
| "Scroggs" Beeson | **************************************1889**************************************************************************************1975 (Beeson) | |
| Will Lawrence | **************************************1889**************************1915 (Will Lawrence) | |
| Robert Graves | ********************************************1895******************************************************************************************1985 | |
| Tyrone Guthrie | *************************************************1900***********************************************************************1971 (Tyrone Guthrie) | |
| Somerville founded 1879 | Lucy M. Boston * | *****************************************1892**************************************************************************************************1990 |
| Dorothy Sayers | ******************************************1893****************************************************************1957 (Dorothy Sayers) | |
| Indira Gandhi | ******************************************************************1917*******************************************************************1984 | |
| Iris Murdoch * | ********************************************************************1919********************************************************************************1999 | |
| Trinity founded 1555 |
Arthur Quiller-Couch * | ************1863*********************************************************************************1944 (Arthur Quiller-Couch) |
| Robin Buxton | ********************************1883**********************************************************************1953 (Robin Buxton) | |
| James Elroy Flecker * | *********************************1884*******************************1915 (James Elroy Flecker) | |
| Robert Nichols | ******************************************1893***************************************************1944 (Robert Nichols) | |
| Terence Rattigan * | ************************************************************1911******************************************************************1977 (T. Rattigan) | |
| University founded 1249 |
Lord Cecil | *************1864**********************************************************************************************1958 (R. Gascoyne-Cecil, P-of-U 1885) |
| Clement Attlee * | ********************************1883************************************************************************************1967 (Clement Attlee) | |
| Kinahan Cornwallis | ********************************1883****************************************************************************1959 (Kinahan Cornwallis) | |
| C. S. Lewis * | ***********************************************1898*****************************************************************1963 (C. S. Lewis) | |
| Stephen Spender * | **********************************************************1909**************************************************************************************1995 | |
| Wadham founded 1612 |
Reginald Lane Poole * | ******1857**********************************************************************************1939 (Reginald Lane Poole) |
| F. E. Smith * | *********************1872**********************************************************1930 (1st Earl of Birkenhead, P-of-U 1893) | |
| Cecil Day Lewis | *****************************************************1904********************************************************************1972 (C. Day Lewis) | |
| Rex Warner * | ******************************************************1905*********************************************************************************1986 |
| Cambridge University Graduates [in chronological order] |
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich [in chronological order] |
Royal Military College, Sandhurst [in chronological order] |
|
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848-1930) Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin (1867-1947) Charles Doughty (1843-1926) Montagu Norman (1871-1950) Edward Marsh (1872-1953) R. C. Thompson (1876-1941) E. T. Leeds (1877-1955) E. M. Forster (1879-1970) George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd (1879-1941) Ronald Storrs (1881-1955) Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) Frank Lucas (1894-1967) Basil Henry Liddell Hart (1895-1970) |
Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916) Sir Reginald Wingate (1959-1953) Sir Gilbert Clayton (1875-1929) Stewart Newcombe (1878-1956) Hubert Young (1885-1950) Glubb Pasha, Sir John Bagot Glubb (1897-1986) |
Sir Archibald Murray (1860-1945) Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928) Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861-1936) Sir Henry McMahon (1862-1949) Sir Percy Cox (1864-1937) Sir Arthur Lynden-Bell (1867-1943) C. E. Wilson (1873-1938) Walter Stirling (1880-1958) Sir John Salmond (1881-1968) Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883-1950) Peake Pasha, Frederick Peake (1886-1970) Francis Yeats-Brown (1886-1944) Oswald Mosley (1896-1980) Ian Fleming (1908-64) King Hussein of Jordan (1935-99) |
Source: The Dictionary of National Biography; The Concise Dictionary of National Biography 1901-1970; Who's Who; Who was Who; A Dictionary of 20th Century World Biography (OUP 1993); Britannica CD97 ver.1.1; T. E. Lawrence by his Friends (Cape 1937); My Oxford (Robson Books 1977); A Concise Guide to Colleges of Oxford University (The Chapter House at Christ Church1987); etc.
edited by YAGITANI Ryōko, JAPAN
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