Bertram Thomas

E252015

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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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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Rub al Khali exploredBy Bertram Thomas