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Wilfred Thesiger

Sir Wilfred Thesiger

British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003).

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Place of Birth

Place of Death

Country of Citizenship

Date of Birth

6/3/1910

Date of Death

8/24/2003

Occupation

Military Personnel

Botanical Collector

Instance Of

Educated At

Magdalen College

St. Aubyns School

Award Received

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

(6/8/1968)

: 6/8/1968

Distinguished Service Order

(12/30/1941)

: 12/30/1941

Founder’s Medal

(1948)

:

:

Laurence Dudley Stamp

:113

Award Rationale

: For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

: 1948

Burton Memorial Medal

(1966)

: 1966

Fellow of the British Academy

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

Livingstone Medal

(1962)

: 1962

Heinemann Award

(1964)

: 1964

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British Academy

Royal Society of Literature

Royal Geographical Society

Travellers Club

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Father

Wilfred Thesiger

Archives At

Pitt Rivers Museum

Described at URL

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Mother

Kathleen Vigors

Sibling

Dermot Vigors Thesiger

Roderic Miles Doughty Thesiger

Brian Peirson Doughty-Wylie

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