1. (noun)Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentius Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poorpeople of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
2. (noun)Lawrence, T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)
3. (noun)Lawrence, Sir Thomas Lawrence English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830)
4. (noun)Lawrence, Gertrude Lawrence English actress (1898-1952)
5. (noun)Lawrence, E. O. Lawrence, Ernest Orlando Lawrence United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958)
6. (noun)Lawrence, D. H. Lawrence, David Herbert Lawrence Englishnovelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930)
7. (noun)Lawrence a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856
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