Bertram Thomas
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Bertram Thomas was a British civil servant and explorer best known for being the first Westerner to cross the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter) desert in the early 1930s.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bertram Thomas canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil servant
ⓘ
explorer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Order of the British Empire ⓘ |
| burialPlace | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1892-06-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1950-12-27 ⓘ |
| described |
geography of the Empty Quarter
ⓘ
tribes of southern Arabia ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
City of London School
ⓘ
University of London ⓘ |
| endTime | Rub' al Khali crossing 1931 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Arabian exploration
ⓘ
Middle Eastern studies ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | travel literature ⓘ |
| hasNationality | British ⓘ |
| influenced | later explorers of the Rub' al Khali ⓘ |
| knownFor | crossing of the Rub' al Khali from Oman to Yemen ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of Arabia
ⓘ
exploration of the Empty Quarter ⓘ first Westerner to cross the Rub' al Khali ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alarms and Excursions in Arabia
ⓘ
Arabia Felix ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ explorer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Pill, Somerset ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| positionHeld |
Assistant Political Officer in Mesopotamia
ⓘ
Chief British Representative in Muscat ⓘ Wazir to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman ⓘ |
| servedIn | British Army ⓘ |
| startTime | Rub' al Khali crossing 1930 ⓘ |
| traveledThrough |
Oman
ⓘ
Rub al Khali ⓘ
surface form:
Rub' al Khali
Yemen ⓘ |
| workedFor |
Home Civil Service
ⓘ
surface form:
British Civil Service
Government of India ⓘ Government of Mesopotamia ⓘ |
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