1. (

• Lawrence ,
• Saint_Lawrence ,
• St._Lawrence ,
• Laurentius

) Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258) ;

2. (

• Lawrence ,
• T._E._Lawrence ,
• Thomas_Edward_Lawrence ,
• Lawrence_of_Arabia

) Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935) ;

3. (

• Lawrence ,
• Sir_Thomas_Lawrence

) English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830) ;

4. (

• Lawrence ,
• Gertrude_Lawrence

) English actress (1898-1952) ;

5. (

• Lawrence ,
• E._O._Lawrence ,
• Ernest_Orlando_Lawrence

) United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958) ;

6. (

• Lawrence ,
• D._H._Lawrence ,
• David_Herbert_Lawrence

) English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930) ;

7. (

• Lawrence

) a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856 ;