Why is david livingstone famous?

Answer 1

David Livingstone was a Scottish missionary and explorer during the late 1800's. He explored extensively in southern and central Africa, which included the first sighting of Victoria Falls by a Westerner. He was periodically "lost" in central Africa, having all contact with the Western world cut off for six years, until an American named Henry M. Stanley found him. He was a very popular figure both in Britain and America during his missionary career. He perished from fever in central Africa in 1873. He is well known for being quite anti-slavery, often acknowledging the dignity of the Africans he proselytized.

Answer 2

* Born: 19 March 1813 * Birthplace: Blantyre, Scotland * Died: 1 May 1873 (dysentery) * Best Known As: The Livingstone of "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" At age 27 Livingstone sailed from Scotland to South Africa as a Christian missionary. He spent much of the next 33 years traveling in the African interior, eventually becoming as famous for his explorations as for his missionary work. Perhaps his most famous act was reaching and naming Victoria Falls in 1855. In 1871 journalist Henry Stanley tracked the explorer down in Africa, greeting him with the famous words "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Livingstone died two years later, and after a journey of nearly a year his body was returned to England, where it was buried in Westminster Abbey on 18 April 1874.

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