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).

synonyms: Laurentius, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence.

Dutch: 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).

synonyms: Lawrence of Arabia, T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Lawrence.

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

synonym: Sir Thomas Lawrence.

English actress (1898-1952).

synonym: Gertrude Lawrence.

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

synonyms: E. O. Lawrence, Ernest Orlando Lawrence.

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

synonyms: D. H. Lawrence, David Herbert Lawrence.

A town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856.