David Livingstone (1813-1873) was a Scottish physician and possibly the greatest of all African missionaries, explorers, and antislavery advocates. Before Livingstone, Africa's interior was almost entirely unknown to the outside world. Vague notions...

The life of David Livingstone, nineteenth-century missionary and explorer, has been the subject of numerous biographies and studies since his death in the African subcontinent in 1873. In his time he was revered as the exemplar of the Christian...

1813-1873 Scottish Missionary and Explorer Born into a devoutly religious and hard-working family in Blantyre, Scotland, David Livingstone's faith and work habits would become the map and vessel for a lifetime of exploration. His parents...

David Livingstone Born March 19, 1813, Lanarkshire, Scotland Died April 30, 1873, Africa David Livingstone was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, on March 19, 1813, to devout but poor parents. The second son of a traveling tea salesman, Livingstone was...

David Livingstone (1813-1873) began exploring Africa in 1841 and spent most of the next 32 years there, until his death in 1873. In his travels he discovered or traced some of Africa's major rivers and lakes, elucidating much of the drainage...

David Livingstone (19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish Presbyterian pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and explorer in central Africa. He was the first European to see Mosi-oa-Tunya (Victoria Falls), to which he...

The name of David Livingstone is forever linked with British imperialism and the subjugation of the African continent. In fact, the famous Scottish missionary and explorer was a fierce opponent of slavery and an advocate of human rights for the people of the African...

The production of eminent examples of Christian life and service, Karl Barth said, is a key form of the Church's ministry to its own members and to the world. Presbyterians may shy away from the Roman Catholic practice of canonization. Yet, if exemplary...

There was no stopping Scottish explorer David Livingstone.In March 1866, he embarked on what would become his greatest journey. After a lifetime of exploration, he began his search for the headwaters of the Nile River.After 25 years of exploring Africa, Livingstone set out excited to...

In the winter of 1867, Henry Stanley stepped off the train in New York City and out of a brilliantly checkered past.At 25 years old, he was a failed gold miner and merchant marine. He fought and was captured as a Confederate soldier during the...

A biography of David Livingstone, the explorer and Christian missionary who became a national hero in his native England.

A short biography on the life of Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingston.