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|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1813|3|19}} | |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1813|3|19}} | ||
|birth_place = | |birth_place = Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom | ||
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1873|5|1|1813|3|19}} | |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1873|5|1|1813|3|19}} | ||
|death_place = [[Livingstone Memorial|Chief Chitambo's Village]] (in modern-day Zambia) | |death_place = [[Livingstone Memorial|Chief Chitambo's Village]] (in modern-day Zambia) | ||
|death_cause = | |death_cause = Malaria and internal bleeding due to dysentery | ||
|resting_place = | |resting_place = Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom | ||
|resting_place_coordinates = | |resting_place_coordinates = | ||
|nationality = British | |nationality = British | ||
|known_for = Exploration of Africa | |known_for = Exploration of Africa | ||
|spouse = | |spouse = Mary Livingstone (née Moffat; m. 1845 – 27 April 1862; her death); 6 children | ||
|religion = Christian}} | |religion = Christian | ||
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''' David Livingstone''' (19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish [[Congregational church|Congregationalist]] pioneer medical [[missionary]] with the [[London Missionary Society]] and an [[List of explorers|explorer]] in Africa, one of the most popular national heroes of late{{ndash}}19th-century in [[Victorian era|Victorian]] Britain. He had a mythical status that operated on a number of interconnected levels: protestant missionary martyr, working-class "rags-to-riches" inspirational story, scientific investigator and explorer, imperial reformer, anti-slavery crusader, and advocate of commercial and colonial expansion. | ''' David Livingstone''' (19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish [[Congregational church|Congregationalist]] pioneer medical [[missionary]] with the [[London Missionary Society]] and an [[List of explorers|explorer]] in Africa, one of the most popular national heroes of late{{ndash}}19th-century in [[Victorian era|Victorian]] Britain. He had a mythical status that operated on a number of interconnected levels: protestant missionary martyr, working-class "rags-to-riches" inspirational story, scientific investigator and explorer, imperial reformer, anti-slavery crusader, and advocate of commercial and colonial expansion. | ||
