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Sir Wilfred Thesiger KBE DSO FRGS FRAS FRSL
(1910-2003)
author, explorer, Knight of the British Empire, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Died aged 93
Wikidata WikipediaSir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger KBE, DSO, FRAS, FRSL, FRGS, HonFBA (3 June 1910 – 24 August 2003), also known as Mubarak bin Landan (Arabic: مُبَارَك بِن لَنْدَن, the blessed one of London) was a British military officer, explorer, and writer. Thesiger's travel books include Arabian Sands (1959), on his foot and camel crossing of the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula, and The Marsh Arabs (1964), on his time living with the Marsh Arabs of Iraq.
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Commemorated on 1 plaque
Milebrook House, Radnorshire. Sir Wilfred Thesiger author & explorer 1910-2003 lived here
Milebrook House, Milebrook, United Kingdom where they lived