Papers and correspondence of Brigadier Ralph Alger Bagnold, 1896-1990 1896-1991

Great Britain and Northern Ireland Army Long Range Desert Group (LRDG)

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Bagnold, Ralph A. (Ralph Alger), 1896-

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Ralph A. Bagnold is a British engineer, soldier, explorer and theoretical physicist who has published widely on sediment-transport physics. Luna Bergere Leopold, former Chief Hydrologist of the U.S. Geographical Survey, is a professor of geology and geophysics at UC Berkeley. Chiefly interested in the hydrology of arid regions, rainfall characteristics and river morphology, erosion and sedimentation, Leopold is the author of numerous works in the field of hydrology. ...

Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935

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Thomas Edward Lawrence, archaeologist, soldier, and author, popularly known as Lawrence of Arabia, was born at Tremadoc, North Wales, on August 15, 1888, the second of five sons. His father, Thomas Robert Chapman, and his mother, Sarah Maden, assumed the name of Lawrence. The family was raised in comfort by private means. Lawrence learned to read at a very early age by observing his older brother being taught to read. At the age of four he read newspapers and books, at six he began the study ...