| Authorised form of name | Livingstone; David (1813 - 1873) |
| Dates | 1813 - 1873 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 19 March 1813 |
| Place of death | Old Chitambo, shore of Lake Tanganyika |
| Date of death | 01 May 1873 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Westminster Abbey, London |
| Activity | 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)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/06/1858 |
| Relationships | Son of Neil Livingstone and Agnes, daughter of David Hunter, tailor; married (1844) Mary, daughter of Dr Moffat (she died 1862) |
| Source | 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 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/82967082 |
| Code | NA7817 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1858/10 | Livingstone, David: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/14/20 | Extract from a despatch from Kongone by David Livingstone | 5 October 1858 |
| MS/743/1/18 | Letter from Thomas Graham to John Hall Gladstone | 18 December 1856 |
| MM/14/17 | 'Suggestions as to the appointment of a Botanist to Dr Livingstone's Expedition; with Instructions', by J D Hooker | 13 January 1858 |
| MS/257/3/43 | Extract of a letter from David Livingstone, Tette to [Edward Sabine] | 17 December 1858 |
| MS/257/4/75 | Copy of a letter from Edward Sabine, London to [David] Livingstone | 20 December 1859 |
| MS/257/3/44 | Letter from David Livingstone, Tette to Edward Sabine | 19 December 1858 |
| MC/5/324 | Letter from Mr Shelbury, Foreign Office, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 19 December 1857 |
| MC/5/323 | Letter from Mr Shelbury, Foreign Office, to Dr [Humphrey] Lloyd, President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Trinity College, Dublin | 18 December 1857 |
| MC/5 | Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1851-1858 |
| MC/8/65 | Letter from John Wilson, Bombay, to [Walter White], Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 9 July 1867 |
| MC/10/107 | Letter from John Wilson, The Cliff, Malabar Hill, Bombay, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 9 May 1874 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| MS/257/3/49 | Letter from David Livingstone, Bombay to Edward Sabine | 13 December 1865 |
| MS/257/3/46 | Letter from David Livingstone, Kongone to Edward Sabine | 17 January 1861 |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |
| MS/257/3/48 | Copy of a letter from David Livingstone, Kongone to Edward Sabine | 17 January 1861 |
| MS/257/3/45 | Letter from David Livingstone, Tette to Edward Sabine | 6 February 1860 |
| MS/257/3/47 | Copy of a letter from David Livingstone, Kongone to Edward Sabine | 17 January 1861 |
| MC/17 | Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1897-1899 |