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 David Livingstone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Livingstone was born in the village of Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland and first studied medicine and theology at the University of Glasgow.
Livingstone's wife Mary died on 29 April 1863 of dysentery, but Livingstone continued to explore, eventually returning home in 1864 after the government ordered the recall of the Expedition.
Despite Stanley's urgings, Livingstone was determined not to leave Africa until his mission was complete, and he died there, in Chitambo, Barotseland (now Zambia) on 1 May 1873 from malaria and internal bleeding caused by bowel obstruction.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Livingstone   (832 words)

  
 Dr. David Livingstone - exploring Africa and searching for the source of the nile - doctor Livingstone I presume
Livingstone wanted a final stop for the slavery -and argued that there were much more profitable ways of exploiting the continent.
Livingstone was fighting slavery with "Christianity, Commerce and Civilization." He wanted to do good for the Africans, but in fact he never respected them as equal human beings.
Livingstone's African helpers adored him and they insisted that he was going to be buried in England.
crawfurd.dk /africa/livingstone.htm   (1284 words)

  
 Famous Scots - David Livingstone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland on March 19, 1813.
Livingstone received a gold medal from the London Royal Geographical for being the first to cross the entire African Continent from west to east.
Livingstone had been in poor health for months before his death in May of 1873.
www.tartans.com /articles/famscots/livingstone.html   (463 words)

  
 Death of Dr David Livingstone
It is more fitting in this place to note, as some consolation for an almost irreparable loss, that Livingstone's death seems to have given a powerful stimulus to the prosecution of the task he had so nearly completed.
In the spring of 1874 he had commenced a thorough exploration of Lake Tanganyika, which, from his professional experience as a hydrographical surveyor, is expected to lead to very valuable results.
And the complete success of Stanley's first memorable mission in search of Livingstone warrants confident hopes in regard to a second expedition, also admirably organized and equipped, which has started under his direction.
www.1902-encyclopedia.com /A/AFR/africa-35.html   (237 words)

  
 Dr. David Livingstone biography
Livingstone's work as a missionary led him to discovery parts of Africa never seen by Europeans, but his adventures also led to his death.
Livingstone’s travels from village to village introduced him to parts of southern Africa never explored by other Europeans, and sparked his interest in exploring Africa’s interior.
Livingstone returned to better explore the Zambezi River, but this time he was not a solitary explorer among his favored African guides.
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 AllRefer.com - David Livingstone (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia
Livingstone returned to England (1864) and with his brother Charles wrote The Zambezi and Its Tributaries (1865).
Unable to persuade Livingstone to leave, Stanley joined him on a journey (1871–72) to the north end of Lake Tanganyika.
In 1873 Livingstone died in the village of Chief Chitambo.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/LivngstD.html   (391 words)

  
 David Livingstone (1813-1873) & Victoria Falls - Zimbabwe / Zambia - African Safari, July 1999
Livingstone was a curious combination of missionary, doctor, explorer, scientist and anti-slavery activist.
Upon his return to Ujiji, Livingstone was met by a rescue party led by Henry Morton Stanley, who is said to have greeted the explorer with the famous remark, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Stanley and Livingstone explored the area north of Lake Tanganyika together.
Livingstone completed one of the most amazing journeys ever undertaken - a coast to coast venture that covered four thousand miles of unexplored land, most of which was located along the Zambezi River.
home.vicnet.net.au /~neils/africa/livingstone.htm   (1708 words)

  
 Livingstone Discovers Victoria Falls, 1855
Born in Scotland, David Livingstone arrived in Africa in 1840 at the age of 27 as a missionary and physician.
Undeterred, Livingstone continued his exploration of the African interior, particularly the Zambezi River area in 1852-1856.
Stanley achieved his goal on November 10, 1871 approaching the explorer in an African village with the immortal words "Dr. Livingstone I presume" (see Stanley Finds Livingstone, 1871) Years in the wilderness took their toll however, and David Livingstone died in Africa in April 1873 at age sixty.
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /livingstone.htm   (910 words)

  
 Stanley and Livingstone
David Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland in 1813.
Livingstone hated publicity, but knew that he could not avoid it.
However, he postponed his departure to help Livingstone in his stated aim of finding a source of the Nile River south of the known source in Lake Victoria.
de.essortment.com /davidlivingston_rhif.htm   (736 words)

  
 Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog » Dr. Livingstone’s Presumptions
While Livingstone was a famous explorer and missionary, it seems, according to David Gilmour’s review of the book, that Livingston wasn’t particularly good at either task.
Livingstone had scoffed at his father-in-law’s record, but his own was much feebler, consisting of the solitary, temporary conversion of a tribal chief called Sechele.
Livingstone’s absurd optimism not only led to the failure of his own expedition but also to a tragic missionary endeavor that ended in a large number of deaths.
savageminds.org /2005/07/12/dr-livingstones-presumptions   (935 words)

  
 JINX | DR. LIVINGSTONE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Livingstone has always depended on the kindness of the native Africans, a kindness he returns many times over.
On the contrary, Livingstone is a scientist and philanthropist, a lover of the African people and an unyielding foe to the new slave trade.
Livingstone's hatred of this slave trade, which he calls "an open sore," is fanatic.
www.jinxmagazine.com /livingstone.html   (824 words)

  
 Dr. David Livingstone
Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland, in 1813.
Livingstone lived to investigate unknown rivers, lakes and mountains, and to spread the Gospel.
Livingstone suffered from illnesses, and the mission was jeopardized by a deserter who made off with the medicine chest.
www.hornpipe.com /ba/ba9b.htm   (532 words)

  
 A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries
All their efforts of persuasion, however, were lost upon Dr. Kirk, as he had not yet learned their language, and his leader, knowing his companion to be equally anxious with himself to solve the problem of the navigableness of Kebrabasa, was not at pains to enlighten him.
Livingstone went ashore; and on his explaining that we were English and had come neither to take slaves nor to fight, but only to open a path by which our countrymen might follow to purchase cotton, or whatever else they might have to sell, except slaves, Tingané became at once quite friendly.
Livingstone and Kirk were desirous that nothing should occur to make the natives regard them as enemies; Masakasa, on the other hand, was anxious to show what he could do in the way of fighting them.
www.gutenberg.org /files/2519/2519-h/2519-h.htm   (17942 words)

  
 Dr. David Livingstone -- biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
David Livingstone traveled to Africa as a missionary and left a legacy behind in the form of books, letters, and journals, which were eventually published for public readership.
His writings act as a record of culture in Africa in the nineteenth century, of adventures and discoveries during exploration in the “wilderness” of Africa, of African geography, and of the slave trade from a humanitarian point of view.
All in all, Livingstone left behind an invaluable firsthand account of the merging and clashing of cultures.
athena.english.vt.edu /~jmooney/3044biosh-o/livingstone.html   (487 words)

  
 AETV.com Classroom Study Guides
Their goal is to follow the route of Dr. Livingstone's final journey through the impenetrable rural areas of Africa.
Dr. Livingstone's great-grandson, David Livingstone Wilson, chose to relive his great-grandfather's last journey.
Dr. Livingstone was appalled at the slave trade that existed in his lifetime.
www.aetv.com /class/admin/study_guide/archives/aetv_guide.0411.html   (254 words)

  
 Dr   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
David Livingstone of Glasgow, Scotland was sitting alone, writing in his journal (the one seen in the photograph).
Livingston was carried by porters in the Sedan Chair shown, during parts of his journeys.
Many of the artifacts were graciously loaned to the photographer from the Rhodes-Livingston Museum, founded in 1934, located at the foot of Victoria Falls in Zambia, Africa.
www.dezanger.com /Livingstone.htm   (444 words)

  
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David Livingstone (1813-1873) was a famous Scottish explorer and missionary.
The problem with "Dr. Livingstone, I presume," is that "to presume" casts unwanted shadows.
If I had been editing a script for Stanley as he met Livingstone, I believe I would have opted for "Dr. Livingstone, I assume." Stanley, speaking ad lib and unrehearsed, chose not to assume, but to presume.
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 Famous Scots - Dr David Livingstone
Born in Blantyre in 1813, David Livingstone was the son of a shopkeeper.
Livingstone began to explore uncharted areas of Africa and while mapping the upper Zambesi River he discovered the Victoria Falls
Livingstone almost died several times from disease and attacks by wild animals but eventually succumbed from fever in 1873, having refused to return to Britain.
www.rampantscotland.com /famous/blfamlivingstone.htm   (205 words)

  
 David Livingstone
A more credible account of Dr. David Livingstone's ancestors states that his grandfather, Neil, was born in Lismore and was a younger son of a Baron of that time.
Towards the end of last century there was still living at Portnacroish, Appin, a Livingstone, who was known to be the nearest of kin in the district from which Dr. Livingstone's ancestors sprung.
Neil Livingstone, the young son of the old Baron, joined the army of Prince Charlie, and was in the rising of l745.
www.clanlivingstone.com /david.htm   (584 words)

  
 DramaShare The Apostle to Africa - David Livingstone Script   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In Africa, Dr. Livingstone, I shudder at the thought, put live maggots into a wound in his arm.
Livingstone was resolute in his convictions: strengthening his missionary determination; responding wholeheartedly to the delights of geographical discovery; clashing with the Boers and the Portuguese, whose treatment of the Africans he came to detest; and building for himself a remarkable reputation as a dedicated Christian, a courageous explorer, and a fervent antislavery advocate.
Livingstone, with great agony, had moved himself and rolled off of his cot onto his knees, as was his custom, and folded his hands in prayer.
www.dramashare.org /newscripts/apostle.html   (2132 words)

  
 ipedia.com: David Livingstone Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
David Livingstone was a Scottish missionary and explorer of the Victorian era, now best remembered because of the meeting with Henry Morton Stanley which gave rise to the popular quotation, " Dr Livin...
While there, his wife Mary died April 29 1863, but Livingstone continued to explore, eventually returning home in 1864.
Livingstone, however, was determined not to leave Africa until his mission was complete, and he died there, in Zambia, in 1873 from malaria.
www.ipedia.com /david_livingstone.html   (400 words)

  
 Shepperson
Livingstone Armstrong, P. letter informing Shepperson of the fund-raising activities in the U.S. for the David Livingstone Documentation Project.
Livingstone Armstrong, P. Letter of invitation to George Shepperson for a dinner commemorating Livingstone.
N.D. On The Scottish National Memorial to David Livingstone Trust letterhead and attached note referring to a discussion of dates in Missionary travels which seems have the discussants wonder over the lack of reference to dates and an attempt is made to try and reach an idea of when a passage was written.
web.uflib.ufl.edu /cm/africana/sheppers.htm   (3645 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: 'Dr. Livingstone, I presume'
LIVINGSTONE, Zambia – "Dr. Livingstone, I presume." It remains the quintessential statement concerning Western man's attempt to bring what he considered "civilization" to Africa in the 19th century.
Yet the tiny town of Livingstone, Zambia, which rests adjacent to Victoria Falls, stands as a testament to the love the native Africans still hold today for this brave and maverick pioneer.
Clearly, Livingstone is not viewed as a kissing cousin of the Conquistadors who brutally forged the Spanish Empire in the Western Hemisphere.
www.wnd.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41882   (2920 words)

  
 Stanley Finds Livingstone, 1871
David Livingstone arrived in Africa in 1840 with two goals: to explore the continent and to end the slave trade (see Livingstone Discovers Victoria Falls, 1855).
In 1864 Livingstone returned to Africa and mounted an expedition through the central portion of the continent with the objective of discovering the source of the Nile River.
Rumors spread that Livingstone was being held captive or was lost or dead.
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /stanley.htm   (1072 words)

  
 Dr. Livingstone, I prosume?
And I think that must be how David Livingstone felt, the Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873) who vanished into the heart of Africa, sometimes for years at a time.
When I was a kid in the 1950s, he was still famous, mainly because of how the catchphrase, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" (uttered by Henry Stanley, sent to Africa to find Livingstone) was used as a marketing gimmick by the New York Herald.
Livingstone had traced the slave trade to its roots, to a region by Lake Nyasa that had become completely depopulated by slavers.
www.computeruser.com /articles/2206,3,5,1,0601,03.html   (1223 words)

  
 Modern History Sourcebook: Sir Henry M. Stanley: How I Found Livingstone, 1871
[Tappan Introduction]: David Livingstone was a celebrated African explorer and missionary.
After many years in Africa, he was lost sight of, and it was generally believed that he was dead.
"I am Susi, the servant of Dr. Livingstone," said he, smiling and showing a gleaming row of teeth.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/1871stanley.html   (795 words)

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