Wilfred Thesiger
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sir Wilfred Thesiger, Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, Wilfred, Sir Thesiger, Mubarak Bin London, Wilfred Patrick, Sir Thesiger, Wilfred Thesinger
British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)
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Vinony's link graph records 129 inbound references to Wilfred Thesiger, and connects out to Haile Selassie I, Rub' al Khali and Order of the British Empire.
It is catalogued under topics including 1910 births, 2003 deaths and Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford.
Vinony links it to 24 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1910
- Died
- 2003
- Works
- 33
Top works
- The life of my choice
- The Marsh Arabs
- رحلة الى عرب اهوار العراق، 1951-1958
- Arabian sands
- Arenas de Arabia
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1879-01-15
- Active to
- 1961-01-14
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Thesiger
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Addis Ababa
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- botanical collector
- Educated at
- Eton College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- travel book
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- British Army
- Military rank
- major
- Image
- Major Wilfred Thesiger, DSO (Art.IWM ART LD 3836).jpg
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1910-06-03
- date of death
- 2003-08-24
- Commons category
- Wilfred Thesiger
- member of
- Travellers Club
- archives at
- Pitt Rivers Museum
- P6944
- Wilfred Thesiger
via Wikidata · CC0
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Haile Selassie I
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Rub' al Khali
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Order of the British Empire
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Royal Geographical Society
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United Kingdom
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Iran
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Pakistan
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Iraq
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Kenya
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United Arab Emirates
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Arabic
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Oman
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World War II
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Addis Ababa
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Abu Dhabi
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International Standard Book Number
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Kurdistan
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Oxford
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Arabian Peninsula
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Horn of Africa
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Categories
1910 births2003 deathsAlumni of Magdalen College, OxfordBritish ArabistsBritish Army personnel of World War IIBritish ChristiansBritish explorersBritish explorers of AfricaBritish Special Operations Executive personnelBritish travel writersCompanions of the Distinguished Service OrderExplorers of ArabiaExplorers of AsiaFellows of the Royal Geographical SocietyFellows of the Royal Society of LiteratureHistorians of the United Arab EmiratesHonorary Fellows of the British AcademyKnights Commander of the Order of the British EmpirePeople educated at Eton CollegePeople educated at St. Aubyns SchoolPeople from Addis AbabaRecipients of orders, decorations, and medals of EthiopiaSpecial Air Service officersSudan Defence Force officers