Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the churchs treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
[ Syn: lawrence , saint lawrence , st. lawrence , laurentius ]
Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)
[ Syn: lawrence , t. e. lawrence , thomas edward lawrence , lawrence of arabia ]
English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830)
[ Syn: lawrence , sir thomas lawrence ]
English actress (1898-1952)
[ Syn: lawrence , gertrude lawrence ]
United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958)
[ Syn: lawrence , e. o. lawrence , ernest orlando lawrence ]
English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930)
[ Syn: lawrence , d. h. lawrence , david herbert lawrence ]
a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856
[ Syn: lawrence ]