Weblearn surprising facts about the british army officer who became 'lawrence of arabia', such as his illegitimate birth, his short stature, his refusal of a knighthood and. Meredith and lawrence’s partnership. 3 meet the bernard kids. 4 building an online community: Webwhile lawrence never confirmed the identity of “s. a. ,” it is all but universally accepted as selim ahmed, a teenage boy lawrence lived with at an archaeological site. Webthe princeton university professor of religion, famous for infusing old religious debates with new urgency, was at harvard dec. 3 to share what she called “a quick mad. Lawrence was a british army officer, archaeologist, diplomat and writer who played a key role in the arab revolt against the ottoman empire in the first world war. Webin her new book revelations: Visions, prophecy and politics in the book of revelation, princeton university religious professor elaine pagels places the book of. Discover how his views differed from later.