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David Livingstone (1813–1873)
Livingstone, David. A celebrated Scotch traveler; born at Blantyre, March 19, 1813; died in Central Africa, May 1, 1873. He first went out to Africa in the service of the London Missionary Society, 1840. He discovered the Victoria Falls of the Zambezi in 1855, and soon afterward returned to England. He went back to Africa in 1858, and continued his labors as missionary and explorer till 1864; but after a few months he was in the field again, and there remained, without any communication with Europe, till he was found by Stanley in 1871. He continued his work in Africa till his death. His works are: ‘Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa’ (2 vols., 1857); ‘Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambezi and its Tributaries’ (1865); ‘Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, from 1865 to his Death’ (1874).