Who was David Livingstone?
Explorer.
Date and Place of Birth:
19th March 1813, Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Family Background:
One of seven children reared in a single room
a the top of a tenement building for the workers at a cotton factory.
Education:
No formal education and worked in the cotton
factory from the age of ten.
Chronology/Biography of David Livingstone:
Marriage:
2nd January 1845 to Mary Moffatt.
Places of Interest:
SCOTLAND:
David Livingstone Centre, 165 Station Road, Blantyre,
South Lanarkshire, G72 9BT. (NTS).
Date and Place of Death:
1st May 1873, Chitambo, Barotseland, Zambia.
Age at Death:
60.
Site of Grave:
Westminster Abbey, London, England.
Westminster Abbey, London
(© Anthony Blagg)
