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  2. May 2, 2024 · David Livingstone was a Scottish missionary, doctor, abolitionist, and explorer who lived in the 1800s. He sought to bring Christianity , commerce, and “civilization” to Africa and undertook three extensive expeditions throughout much of the continent.

  3. In popular culture. See also. References. External links. David Livingstone FRGS FRS ( / ˈlɪvɪŋstən /; 19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist, pioneer Christian missionary [2] with the London Missionary Society, and an explorer in Africa.

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    • Proselytizing Christianity, exploration of Africa, and meeting with Henry Stanley
    • He worked in a cotton mill factory. Livingstone was born in 1813 in Blantyre within a tenement building for the workers of a cotton factory on the banks of the River Clyde.
    • He was influenced by German missionary Karl Gützlaff. Livingstone spent much of his youth reconciling his love of science with his all-encompassing faith in God.
    • He did not originally intend to go to Africa. Livingstone hoped to go to China as a missionary, but the First Opium War broke out in September 1839 and so the nation was considered to be far too dangerous for missionary and evangelist activity.
    • He was not very successful as a missionary. His success as a missionary was very mixed. While he tried to convert the tribes and chiefs bordering British and Boer territories at the southern tip of the continent, he failed to make any real breakthrough.
  4. Apr 2, 2014 · Learn about David Livingstone, a Scottish missionary, abolitionist and physician who crossed Africa in the 19th century. Discover his achievements, challenges, discoveries and death in this comprehensive biography.

  5. Discover facts about the Victorian missionary Dr David Livingstone who explored Africa. Find out why he was a national hero.

  6. During his first term in South Africa, Livingstone made some of the most prodigious—and most dangerous—explorations of the nineteenth century. His object was to open a "Missionary Road"—"God ...

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