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Category Description: British explorer and travel writer; born in Ethiopia in 1910, died 2003. Best remembered for his travels in the Empty Quarter of Arabia and East Africa, and his books, "Arabian Sands" and "The Marsh Arabs".

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Memories of a Veteran Explorer - A personal memoir of Sir Wilfred Thesiger, by a journalist and friend.
Sir Wilfred Thesiger - The Guardian's obituary for the explorer and mystic, most at home with nomadic peoples of Africa and the Arabian deserts.
Sir Wilfred Thesiger - The Royal Geographical Society's profile, with information about annual fellowships for geographical research supported by the Sultan of Oman as a memorial to Wilfred Thesiger.
Wilfred Thesiger - The New York Times obituary for the explorer of Arabia, the first foreigner to cross the Empty Quarter of Saudi Arabia.
Wilfred Thesiger - Talking of Times Past and of a Present Imperfect - An interview from 1996 with Thesiger covers his life and writing; for Eastern Art Report.
Wilfred Thesiger Web Gallery - The Pitt Rivers Museum of the University of Oxford presents an online exhibition of Thesiger's photographs of his travels in Arabia, Africa, Asia, and Iraq; includes a concise biography.