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British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

Also known as: Mubarak Bin London, Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, Sir Wilfred Thesiger, Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, Wilfred Patrick, Sir Thesiger, Wilfred Thesinger

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Known works

The Marsh Arabs (1964)
Arabian sands (1959)
The Thesiger Collection (1993)
Danakil Diary (1996)
A Vanished World (2001)