You can argue, however, that his ambition eventually became idolatrous. ONE of Africa's staunchest sons lay at the door of a hut in the heart of the great continent that had given him birth. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Stuart, John. After he finally divorced the women, Livingstone baptised them all and everything went well. "There is no presenter in the world better than you my friend, and I love you. This group and the medical missionaries it sponsored came to have major, positive impact on the people of Africa. p.109. On May 1, 1873, David Livingstone was found dead, kneeling beside his bed with his face in his hands on the pillow. ", Groop, Kim Stefan. None of the routes traveled on the Nile which lay far to the north. For Livingstone, this meant a release from the fear of eternal damnation. [26], In 1842 Livingstone went on two treks with African companions, the principals were mission members Paul and Mebalwe, a deacon. He proposed to do more exploration, primarily to find routes for commercial trade which he believed would displace slave trade routes, more so than for solely missionary work. At the same time, he did not use the brutal methods of maverick explorers such as Stanley to keep his retinue of porters in line and his supplies secure. Best Known For: David Livingstone was a Scottish missionary, abolitionist and physician known for his explorations of Africa, having crossed the continent during the mid-19th century. Livingstone had disappeared into the heart of Africa. The moral is simple. Livingstone's letters, books, and journals[56] did stir up public support for the abolition of slavery;[1] however, he became dependent for assistance on the very slave-traders whom he wished to put out of business. This monotonous work was necessary to support his impoverished family, but it taught him persistence, endurance, and a natural empathy with all who labour, as expressed by lines that he used to hum from the egalitarian Rabbie Burns song: "When man to man, the world o'er/Shall brothers be for a' that".[a]. in. 1955, Interactive map of Dr. Livingstone's Zambezi expedition, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Livingstone&oldid=1141883421, Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society, CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown, Articles with dead external links from February 2023, Articles with permanently dead external links, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using Template:Post-nominals with missing parameters, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2014, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2021, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2014, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2021, Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from November 2014, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2018, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2014, All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases, Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from January 2014, Articles with dead external links from October 2022, Articles with French-language sources (fr), Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopdia Britannica, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Proselytizing Christianity, exploration of Africa, and meeting with. [11][12][13] This rubbed off on the young David, who became an avid reader, but he also loved scouring the countryside for animal, plant, and geological specimens in local limestone quarries. Mary was profoundly lonely and socially isolated. Livingstone is best known for his meeting with Henry Stanley in 1871. On 11 November 2011, Livingstone's 1871 Field Diary, as well as other original works, was published online for the first time by the David Livingstone Spectral Imaging Project. He found Livingstone in the town of Ujiji on the shores of Lake Tanganyika on 10 November 1871,[64] apparently greeting him with the now famous words "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" He reached Lake Malawi on 6 August, by which time most of his supplies had been stolen, including all his medicines. The editor ofThe New York Heraldsent Stanley to find him. He brought the ships downriver in 1864 after the government ordered the recall of the expedition. He spent the last six years of his life almost cut off from the outside world, refusing to leave his beloved Africa. During those four years Dr. Livingstone travelled close to 5,000 miles on foot through the unexplored wiles of subtropical Africa. "It has taken until now for people to look at. His longtime African servants and friends removed his vital organs in preparing the body for preservation and return to England. (1911). [8], In 1860, the Universities' Mission to Central Africa was founded at his request. [58][59], Researchers from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania who scanned Livingstone's diary suggest that in putting his fragmentary notes about the massacre into the narrative of his journal, he left out his concerns about some of his followers, slaves owned by Banyan merchants who had been hired by John Kirk, acting Consul at Zanzibar, and sent to get Livingstone to safety. [36] Encouraged by the London Missionary Society, he wrote up his journal, but unconventionally had his Missionary Travels published in 1857 by John Murray, making it a bestselling travelogue. Inflicted by ill health post marriage, she had a difficult time travelling with David. David Livingstone died from dysentery and malaria on 1 . Yes, I explore, but I do so for the sale of the gospel., Livingstone is best known for his meeting with Henry Stanley in 1871. . [61], Livingstone was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society of London and was made a Fellow of the society, with which he had a strong association for the rest of his life. What The Super Bowl Says About American Religion. "I Will Open a Path into the Interior (of Africa), or Perish: David Livingstone and the Mapping of Africa.". 28. 1873. He got horrified in the way slaves were handled at Jumbe's stockade and he described it as" a place of bloodshed and lawlessness". Doubtful if I live to see you again"[62][63]. Livingstone House in Harare, Zimbabwe, designed by Leonora Granger. Gooding, Philip. While talking about the slave trade in East Africa in his journals: To overdraw its evil is a simple impossibility.[80]. He received much criticism for the . From September to late December he trekked 750 miles (1,210km) with the artisan missionary Roger Edwards, who had been at Kuruman since 1830 and had been told by Moffat to investigate potential for a new station. Biographer Tim Jeal considered this episode a major failing for Livingstone, and indicative of a pattern of putting his goals and career above the lives of those around him. [67][pagesneeded] Livingstone immediately became interested in Sechele, and especially his ability to read. The will of God or our passions and goals? There was an emotional moment in the Ryder Cup studio after Europe sealed their. Stationed in south central Africa together for the first seven years of their marriage, she bore him five children. At the same time, he was also working on abolishing the slave trade. ", followed by a repeated chorus of "We're all looking for someone". [46], While he negotiated with the government for his new position as Consul, the LMS thought that he would return to Africa with their mission to the Kololo in Barotseland, which Livingstone had promoted. The following species have been named in honour of David Livingstone: The mineral livingstonite is named in his honor. . His commentary is flawless, to such an extent that you forget just how good he is. Pearl offloaded their supplies on an island about 40 miles (64km) upstream. With no supplies, Livingstone had to eat his meals in a roped-off enclosure for the entertainment of the locals in return for food. c 80, C. A. Baker, "The Development of the Administration to 1897", in. European civilization, and especially the gospel, would follow. Livingstone has been with Sky Sports since its formation and has presented the golf coverage for 23 years. [60][59], The massacre horrified Livingstone, leaving him too shattered to continue his mission to find the source of the Nile. Livingstone realized the route would be too difficult for future traders, so he retraced the journey back to Linyanti. 0:04. [69]:20, Sechele was no different from any other man of his tribe in believing in polygamy. 1885. . Did you meet anyone? [44] This brusque rejection for new mission stations north of the Zambezi and his wider object of opening the interior for trade via the Zambezi, was not enough to make him resign from the LMS at once. They described their only pain in the heart, and placed the hand correctly on the spot, though many think the organ stands high up in the breast-bone. His father was of Highland stock; his mother came from a long line of Covenanters. in color (top) and spectral ratio (bottom) versions. At Ongar, he and six other students had tuition in Greek, Latin, Hebrew and theology from the Reverend Richard Cecil, who in January 1839 assessed that, despite "heaviness of manner" and "rusticity", Livingstone had "sense and quiet vigour", good temper and substantial character "so I do not like the thought of him being rejected." Ten Hag hails 'dominating' Maguire and Weghorst | Keane: West Ham 'laughable', Papers: Ronaldo tells Mane leaving Liverpool for Bayern was a 'great step', FA Cup QFs: Kompany returns to Man City with Burnley, Grimsby at Brighton, Fury calls for Paul to honour deal | Pay up!, Toney 'shocked and disappointed' over six-month ban claims. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, the last resting place of Britain's greatest sons, with the highest honors. [37] Livingstone was born on 19 March 1813 in the mill town of Blantyre, Scotland, in a tenement building for the workers of a cotton factory on the banks of the River Clyde under the bridge crossing into Bothwell. Early life Blantyre: David Livingstone's birthplace David Livingston. They removed his heart and buried it under a tree near the spot where he died, which has been identified variously as a mvula tree or a baobab tree but is more likely to be a mpundu tree, as baobabs are found at lower altitudes and in more arid regions. He had five wives, including MmaKgari (SeTswana for mother of Kgari"), Mokgokong[70] and Masebele[71] When Livingstone told him to get rid of four of them, it shook the foundations of the Kwena tribe. His father was persuaded and, like many other students in Scotland, Livingstone was to support himself, with the agreement of the mill management, by working at his old job from Easter to October, outwith term time. They reached Chibisa's and the Murchison Cataracts in April, then began dismantling Lady Nyasa and building a road to take its sections past the cataracts, while explorations continued.[52][53]. [45] In February 1858 his area of jurisdiction was stipulated to be "the Eastern Coast of Africa and the independent districts in the interior". Livingstone was furious to discover that some of the replacement porters sent at his request from Ujiji were slaves. Required fields are marked *. ", Livingstone to Lord Clarendon 19 March 1857 Clarendon Papers Bodleian Library Dep. Was Livingstones focus on exploration and missionary work admirable? Livingstone raised funds for a replacement river steamer, Lady Nyasa, specially designed to sail on Lake Nyasa. The Kwena tribe leader kept rainmaking a part of his life as well as polygamy. Neil Livingstone was a Sunday school teacher and teetotaller who handed out Christian tracts on his travels as a door-to-door tea salesman. A bust of Livingstone is among those of famous Scotsmen in the, A memorial plaque commemorating the centenary of Livingstone's birth was dedicated in, A statue of David Livingstone stands in a niche on the outer wall of the. His memorial tablet bears the following inscription: "Brought by faithful hands over land and sea, here rests DAVID . He arrived at Lake Mweru on 8 November 1867 and continued on, travelling south to become the first European to see Lake Bangweulu. [1]The same can happen to anyone. In 1850, he was recognised by the Royal Geographical Society which presented him a chronometer watch for 'his journey to the great lake of Ngami'. in Adrian S. Wisnicki and Megan Ward, eds. During the long voyage he studied Dutch and Tswana language, and the captain gave him extensive tuition in navigation. These famous words may have been a fabrication, as Stanley later tore out the pages of this encounter in his diary. Encyclopdia Britannica. Went to Africa in 1840. [3] He had a mythic status that operated on a number of interconnected levels: Protestant missionary martyr, working-class "rags-to-riches" inspirational story, scientific investigator and explorer, imperial reformer, anti-slavery crusader, and advocate of British commercial and colonial expansion. 5 (11thed.). Livingstone, The 1871 Field Diary, 297b/157-138. [20][21], Though Livingstone had responded to Gtzlaff's call for missionaries to China, the looming First Opium War made the LMS directors cautious about sending recruits there. Livingstone was a great man. The version edited by Waller in the "Last Journals", published in 1874, left out the context of Livingstone's earlier comments about Kirk and bad behaviour of the hired Banyan men, and omitted the villagers' earlier violent resistance to Arab slavers, so it portrayed the villagers as passive victims. [97][98][citation needed]. For these reasons, he accepted help and hospitality from 1867 onwards from Mohamad Bogharib and Mohamad bin Saleh (also known as "Mpamari"), traders who kept and traded in slaves, as he recounts in his journals. Nonetheless, at a time when countries are being renamed and statues are being toppled, Livingstone has not fallen. It can happen to the best Believers. The essay also discusses the Zambezi Expedition (1857-64) as well as Livingstone's final journeys (1866-73), including . The David Livingstone Spectral Imaging Project has restored the full text of the diary by using cutting-edge spectral imaging and processing technology, and now makes the diary available through this electronic edition. Her insensitive comment - which was made as a helicopter flew overhead and. The David Livingstone Clinic was founded by the University of Strathclyde's Millennium Project in. [116] A later issue showed Livingstone against a background graphic of a map of Livingstone's Zambezi expedition, showing the River Zambezi, Victoria Falls, Lake Nyasa and Blantyre, Malawi; on the reverse, the African figures were replaced with an image of Livingstone's birthplace in Blantyre, Scotland.[117]. Meanwhile, Livingstone put together an ambitious plan. David Livingston, the Dana-Farber/Harvard Med scientist who helped shine a light on some of the key molecular drivers of breast and ovarian cancer, died unexpected . David Livingstone continually explored and preached in Africa, all the while practicing medicine. Livingstone resigned from the London Missionary Society in 1857, and in May of that year he was appointed as Her Majesty's Consul with a roving commission, extending through Mozambique to the areas west of it. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all of your strength., [1]Seethe excellent book by Jay Milbrandt,The Daring Heart of David Livingstone,Thomas Nelson, Kindle Edition, [2]Elizabeth Isichei, The Man with Three Wives,Christian History Magazine,Issue 56, pg. The experts, stuck at Shupanga, could not make the intended progress, and there were disagreements. [65] As noted by his biographer Tim Jeal, Stanley struggled his whole life with a self-perceived weakness of being from a humble background, and manufactured events to make up for this supposed deficiency. In the 1940 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon "Africa Squeaks", a caricature of Spencer Tracy as Henry Morton Stanley erroneously presumes Porky Pig to be Dr. Livingstone in the heart of "Darkest Africa". [24], The ship took Livingstone and the Rosses on to Algoa Bay, from 19 May to 31 July they were on the long trek by ox-cart to the Kuruman Mission. [37][49], The prefabricated iron river steamer Ma Robert was quickly built in portable sections, and loaded onto the Colonial Office steamer Pearl, which took them out on its way to Ceylon. Others on the expedition became the first to reach Lake Nyasa and they explored it in a four-oared gig. He was the son of the late Donald Livingstone and is survived by his mother Ruby Livingstone of Granby. He visited Nkhotakota inl861 where he witnessed slave trade at its peak. Its collection included objects owned by Livingstone, ranging from geographical and medical . Schumaker, Lynette Louise, "The lion in the path: Fieldwork and culture in the history of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, 1937-1964" (1994). No one knew if he was dead or alive. Livingstone was a prolific explorer and philanthropist who exercised a formative influence on Western attitudes towards Africa in the mid-19th century - today, his statues stand either side of Victoria Falls in recognition of his accomplishments. We all know businessmen that have done the same. In 1929, half a century after he died with malaria and dysentery in what is now Zambia, the building reopened as the David Livingstone Centre. Sechele was now a part of the church, but he continued to act according to his African culture, which went against Livingstone's teachings. A plaque was unveiled in November 2005 at Livingstone Island on the lip of Victoria Falls marking where Livingstone stood to get his first view of the falls. David married Mary Moffat on January 2, 1845, the daughter of Robert Moffat and had six children with her. Why? A few months later, she contracted a fever, probably malaria, and died. When people speak about the world of golf broadcasting, one of the first names that springs to mind for Sky Sports viewers would no doubt be presenter David Livingstone. Richard Francis Burton, John Hanning Speke, and Samuel Baker had identified either Lake Albert or Lake Victoria as the source (which was partially correct, as the Nile "bubbles from the ground high in the mountains of Burundi halfway between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria"[54]), but there was still serious debate on the matter. David Livingstone was a famous British explorer and missionary during the 19 th century. It was an emotional moment in the studio as David Livingstone completed his final broadcast for Sky Sports. David Livingstone, (born March 19, 1813, Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotlanddied May 1, 1873, Chitambo [now in Zambia]), Scottish missionary and explorer who exercised a formative influence on Western attitudes toward Africa. He inspired abolitionists of the slave trade, explorers, and missionaries. [27] He wrote to tell LMS secretary Arthur Tidman, saying he would be delighted to call Mabotsa "the centre of the sphere of my labours", but would try to hold himself "in readiness to go anywhere, provided it be forward". message 1: by David. When Livingstone began his treks, Mary sometimes accompanied him. David's Friend Comments. The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Bachelor Sister Wives 90 Day Fiance Wife Swap The Amazing Race Australia Married at First Sight The Real Housewives of Dallas My 600-lb Life Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. [68], Livingstone was known through a large part of Africa for treating the natives with respect, and the tribes that he visited returned his respect with faith and loyalty. After long hesitation from Livingstone, he baptised Sechele and had the church completely embrace him. [14] Livingstone worked hard, got a good grounding in science and medicine, and made lifelong friends including Andrew Buchanan and James Young. [33], Livingstone was obliged to leave his first mission at Mabotsa in Botswana in 1845 after irreconcilable differences emerged between him and his fellow missionary, Rogers Edwards, and because the Bakgatla were proving indifferent to the Gospel. Artist Thomas Baines was dismissed from the expedition. Getting here is easy with our complimentary shuttle bus service from Livingston train stations and Livingston Centre, as well as plenty of onsite parking and great bus links. [81][82], By the late 1860s Livingstone's reputation in Europe had suffered owing to the failure of the missions he set up, and of the Zambezi Expedition; and his ideas about the source of the Nile were not supported. The British buried him in Westminster Abbey, an immense honor, given only to men of great national importance. Livingstone's diaries, letters and . Only one of his 44 letter dispatches made it to Zanzibar. The LMS missionary John Philip, after discussion with the abolitionist Fowell Buxton, published Researches in South Africa in 1828, proposing that Christianity would always bring "civilisation" including free trade and free labour. The Early Life of Dr. David Livingstone. "I have made so many mistakes on TV and this man was my mentor and he's the one that made everything easy for all of us. Figures 1 and 2. Livingston tried to ban the picture of the famous lion attack up until his death. He returned to London a national hero. [35], To improve his Tswana language skills and find locations to set up mission stations, Livingstone made journeys far to the north of Kolobeng with William Cotton Oswell. "His Brothers Keeper: Charles Livingstone and the Failure of David Livingstone's Zambezi Expedition. He is perhaps best remembered because of his meeting with Henry Morton Stanley, which gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Early life A song from American heavy metal band Alcatrazz called Jet to Jet from 1983's No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll contains the lyrics "Dr. Livingstone where are you, when We need you the most" which is in reference to the famed doctor and his expedition to Africa. Mary had no idea where he was. However, at the age of 60, he contracted malaria and dysentery. The words are famous because of their perceived humour, Livingstone being the only other white person for hundreds of miles, along with Stanley's clumsy attempt at appearing dignified in the bush of Africa by making a formal greeting one might expect to hear in the confines of an upper-class London club. Livingstone left her at Cape Town, promising to return. [56], Livingstone is known as "Africa's greatest missionary," yet he is recorded as having converted only one African: Sechele, who was the chief of the Kwena people of Botswana (Kwena are one of the main Sotho-Tswana clans, found in South Africa, Lesotho, and Botswana[66] in all three Sotho-Tswana language groupings). [1] He began his career as a news reporter in the early part of the 1970s, and then moved into sports broadcasting, primarily football. The Royal Geographical Society awarded him their Patron's Medal in 1855 for his explorations in Africa. He first traveled west, through Portuguese Angola to the coast. Aged 23, she was the African-born daughter of missionaries Robert and Mary Moffat; he was the 31-year-old son of a Sunday school teacher from Blantyre in South Lanarkshire. Livingstone, Justin D. "Livingstones Life & Expeditions." Livingstone had envisaged another solo journey with African helpers, in January 1858 he agreed to lead a second Zambezi expedition with six specialist officers, hurriedly recruited in the UK. In Livingstone's case, the reputation of his fearless wife, Mary Moffat, actually went before him, smoothing his path through remote regions. "David Livingstone 18131873: a centenary assessment.". The Moffats had not yet returned from Britain, and he immersed himself in Tswana life. He was single-minded about his lifes work, and the long-term benefit to Africa has been substantial. He was saved by Arab traders who gave him medicines and carried him to an Arab outpost. It was shipped out in sections, contrary to his request, with a mission party including Mary Livingstone, and arrived in 1862. In 1849 they crossed the Kalahari Desert and reached Lake Ngami. Simi Valley has begun looking for a new police chief to succeed David Livingstone, who is retiring after nearly six years as head of the department. The Pioneer was delayed getting down to the coast to meet them, and there were further delays after it was found that the Bishop had died. In March 1858 Livingstone embarked upon a government-backed expedition to introduce commerce, civilization, and Christianity to the lands of Zambezi River and Lake Malawi. Butch Harmon was alongside Livingstone and paid a glowing tribute to his long-standing colleague. Just when he was about to die of illness, hunger, and thirst, he stumbled upon a village in Ujiji after tramping for 350 miles (563 km). On 15 March 1841 the ship arrived at Simon's Bay, and for a month while it unloaded and loaded, the three stayed at Cape Town with Mr and Mrs Philip. David Livingstone has looked in Arnie's fridge, watched Mrs Nicklaus make soup, nattered between shots with Tiger, had an initial bust-up with Butch Harmon and walked through a clubhouse under the considerable burden of the arm of Donald Trump. [88], Only Agnes, William Oswell and Anna Mary married and had children. He went for recuperation to Kuruman, where he was tended by Moffat's daughter Mary, and they became engaged. In 1865, he published Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries. A Message for the Historically Challenged. I said I believed he would, if he would not go to an old station, but would advance to unoccupied ground, specifying the vast plain to the north, where I had sometimes seen, in the morning sun, the smoke of a thousand villages, where no missionary had ever been. Even so, the farthest north he reached was the north end of Lake Tanganyika still south of the Equator and he did not penetrate the rainforest of the River Congo any farther downstream than Ntangwe near Misisi. He traveled over 29,000 miles preaching the gospel, providing medical services, building churches, and mapping the vast African continent. He was a poor leader of his peers, and he ended up on his last expedition as an individualist explorer with servants and porters but no expert support around him. Among other reasons, Sechele, by then the leader of the African tribe, did not like the way that Livingstone could not demand rain of his God like his rainmakers, who said that they could. Then with 114 Kololo men, loaned by the same chief, he set off east down the Zambezi. Your email address will not be published. Only a few months later Sechele lapsed. They, in turn, benefited from Livingstone's influence with local people, which facilitated Mpamari's release from bondage to Mwata Kazembe. Agnes (born 1847 or 1857, died 1912; married A.L. Livingstone then travelled through swamps in the direction of Lake Tanganyika, with his health declining. ", Liebenberg, Elri. This articleincorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:Chisholm, Hugh, ed. discovery and colonial penetration of Africa, relationship between religion and science, Faculty (now Royal College) of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Archives of the University of Glasgow (GUAS), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Salisbury, Rhodesia (present-day Harare, Zimbabwe), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, St. James's Congregational Church in Hamilton, "Why don't many British tourists visit Victoria Falls? [17] In June 1839 the LMS directors accepted Livingstone, and agreed to his request to continue studying with Cecil at Ongar until the end of the year, then have LMS support for medical studies in London. His life was saved by Mebalwe diverting its attention by trying to shoot the lion. In 1845 he married a missionary daughter, Mary Moffat. We will begin to compromise Gods will to serve the idolatrous focus. [56] In March 1869, Livingstone suffered from pneumonia and arrived in Ujiji to find his supplies stolen. Eventually he successfully reached Quelimane on the Indian Ocean, having mapped most of the course of the Zambezi river. Husbands, love your wife as Christ loved his church and gave himself up for her (Ephesians 5:25). Even though he didnt achieve all of his purposes in his lifetime, most were achieved after his death. [38][37], For this, Livingstone became famous as the first European to cross south-central Africa at that latitude and was hailed as having "opened up" Africa,[38] but there was already a long-established trans-regional network of trade routes. David Livingstone FRGS FRS (/lvstn/; 19 March 1813 1 May 1873) was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist, and pioneer Christian missionary[2] with the London Missionary Society, an explorer in Africa, and one of the most popular British heroes of the late 19th-century Victorian era. He and his brother John worked twelve-hour days as piecers, tying broken cotton threads on the spinning machines. He then moved to working for Scottish Television as a reporter and production journalist. David worked as a truck driver for Sweeny Brothers Co., for many years before he retired. AAI9521118. David Livingstone born. The ABBA song "What about Livingstone? To see that contest, it was great," he said. "[8], He was excited by Moffat's vision of expanding missionary work to the north of Bechuanaland, and by the hotly debated topic of Christianity and commerce. John Kirk, Charles Meller, and Richard Thornton, scientists appointed to work under Livingstone, contributed large collections of botanical, ecological, geological, and ethnographic material to scientific Institutions in the United Kingdom. "The Old South Confronts the Dilemma of David Livingstone. [96], Digital archives unifying these and other sources are made publicly available by the Livingstone Online project at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In 1845 at age thirty, David Livingstone married twenty-three-year-old Mary Moffat, the eldest daughter of missionary Robert. Livingstone, weakened by internal bleeding, died on May 1, 1873, in Chief Chitambo's village in Zambia. By trying to shoot the lion Clarendon Papers Bodleian Library Dep the Failure of Livingstone... 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