David Livingstone

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explorer human missionary physician writer

David Livingstone was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and explorer renowned for his extensive travels in Africa and his influential role in mapping and documenting the continent for Europeans.

Aliases (1)

the phrase "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" ×1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	explorer → human → missionary → physician → writer →
bodyPartBuriedAt	heart buried in Africa →
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey →
causeOfDeath	dysentery → malaria →
citizenship	United Kingdom →
countryOfBirth	Scotland → United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1813-03-19 →
dateOfDeath	1873-05-01 →
discoveredForEuropeans	Mosi-oa-Tunya waterfalls →
educatedAt	Anderson's University → University of Glasgow →
employer	London Missionary Society →
era	19th century →
ethnicGroup	Scottish →
explored	Lake Malawi → Lake Tanganyika → Zambezi River → central Africa → southern Africa →
familyName	Livingstone →
fieldOfWork	geography → medicine → missionary work →
givenName	David →
hasMemorial	Westminster Abbey →
hasMonument	David Livingstone statue at Victoria Falls →
hasNotableQuote	Christianity, Commerce and Civilization →
influenced	British anti-slavery movement → European knowledge of African geography →
knownFor	Christian missionary work in Africa → advocacy against the African slave trade → exploration of Africa → mapping large areas of central and southern Africa →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mannerOfDeath	natural causes →
met	Henry Morton Stanley →
movement	Victorian era exploration →
name	David Livingstone →
named	Victoria Falls →
namedAfter	Queen Victoria →
nativeLanguage	Scots →
notableWork	Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa → Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries →
occupation	explorer → missionary → physician → writer →
participantIn	Nile source explorations → Zambezi expedition →
placeOfBirth	Blantyre →
placeOfDeath	Chitambo → present-day Zambia →
religion	Presbyterianism → Protestantism →
sexOrGender	male →
subjectOf	the phrase "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Victoria Falls →	discoveredByEuropeansBy
The Smoke that Thunders →	firstEuropeanRecordedBy
John Murray →	hasNotableAuthor
David Livingstone →	name
Livingstone →	namedAfter
Victoria Falls →	namedBy
David Livingstone ("the phrase "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"") →	subjectOf