Person Livingstone; David (1813 - 1873) Livingstone David 1813 - 1873 British Male Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland 19 March 1813 Old Chitambo, shore of Lake Tanganyika 01 May 1873 Burial: Westminster Abbey, London, England, Europe

Education: LLD; DCL Career: Worked as a piecer in a cotton factory (from age 10); became a cotton spinner (aged 19); missionary for the London Missionary Society (1838); ordained as a missionary (1840); went to Africa, through which he travelled extensively; undertook and expedition to Lake Ngami (1849); returned to England (1856); Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Quilimane and returned to Africa (1858); travelled along the Zambezi river; returned to Britain (1864); undertook further African exploration at the suggestion of Sir Roderick Murchison (1865) Son of Neil Livingstone and Agnes, daughter of David Hunter, tailor; married (1844) Mary, daughter of Dr Moffat (she died 1862) Fellow 03/06/1858 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 19 Mar 1813 - 1 May 1873 NA7817 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/82967082 b7b0cf99-5c38-4efc-bfee-39620fa95fe2