Wilfred Thesiger

1910 - 2003

country of citizenship: United Kingdom

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Magdalen College, Eton College, St. Aubyns School

occupation: explorer, diplomat, writer, historian, military personnel, photographer, traveler

award received: Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order, Founder’s Medal, Burton Memorial Medal, Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Livingstone Medal

Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger (3 June 1910 – 24 August 2003), also known as Mubarak bin Landan (Arabic: مُبَارَك بِن لَنْدَن, the blessed one of London) was a British military officer, explorer, and writer. Thesiger's travel books include Arabian Sands (1959), on his foot and camel crossing of the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula, and The Marsh Arabs (1964), on his time living with the Marsh Arabs of Iraq. Source: Wikipedia (en)