[lawr-uh
ns, lor-] 
| 1. | D(avid) H(erbert), 1885–1930, English novelist. |
| 2. | Ernest O(rlando), 1901–58, U.S. physicist: inventor of the cyclotron; Nobel prize 1939. |
| 3. | Gertrude, 1901?–52, English actress. |
| 4. | Jacob, 1917–2000, U.S. painter and educator. |
| 5. | James, 1781–1813, U.S. naval officer in the War of 1812. |
| 6. | Saint. Also, Lorenzo. Latin, Laurentius. died a.d. 258?, early church martyr. |
| 7. | Sir Thomas, 1769–1830, English painter. |
| 8. | T(homas) E(dward) (T. E. Shaw; “Lawrence of Arabia”), 1888–1935, English archaeologist, adventurer, soldier, and writer. |
| 9. | a city in NE Massachusetts, on the Merrimack River. 63,175. |
| 10. | a city in E Kansas, on the Kansas River. 52,738. |
| 11. | a town in central Indiana. 25,591. |
| 12. | a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “a man of Laurentum.” |
Law·rence (lôr'əns, lŏr'-)
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| Lawrence, D (avid) British writer whose fiction concerns the struggle for human fulfillment within a dehumanizing industrialized society. His novels include Sons and Lovers (1913), Women in Love (1920), and Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928). He also wrote literary criticism and psychoanalytical works. |
| Lawrence, Ernest Orlando 1901-1958. American physicist. He won a 1939 Nobel Prize for the development of the cyclotron. |
| Lawrence, Gertrude 1898-1952. British actress remembered for her performances in the plays Private Lives (1930) and Lady in the Dark (1940) as well as the musical The King and I (1951). |
| Lawrence, Sir Thomas 1769-1830. British painter remembered for his portrait series (1814-1818) of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon. |
| Lawrence, T (homas) Welsh-born British soldier, adventurer, and writer who led the Arab revolt against the Turks (1916-1918) and later wrote an account of his adventures, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926). |
| Lawrence (lôr'əns) Pronunciation Key
American physicist who in 1929 built the first cyclotron, which he used to study the structure of the atom, transmute elements, and produce artificial radiation. His work laid the foundation for the development of the atomic bomb. |
Lawrence
city, seat (1855) of Douglas county, eastern Kansas, U.S. It lies on the Kansas River. It was founded in 1854 by antislavery radicals who had come to Kansas under the auspices of the New England Emigrant Aid Company to outvote proslavery settlers and thus make Kansas a "free" state. The city was named for Amos A. Lawrence, a New England textile manufacturer who funded the company's settlement efforts. It was a noted station on the Underground Railroad by which slaves escaped into free territory. As a Jayhawker (abolitionist) headquarters, the town was sacked in 1856 by a proslavery militia under David Rice Atchison, a former Democratic senator from Missouri, and in 1863 by Confederate guerrillas under the command of William Clarke Quantrill, who massacred more than 150 citizens and burned much of the city.
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