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.

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Label Occurrences
David Livingstone canonical 28
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, London ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
causeOfDeath dysentery ⓘ
malaria ⓘ
citizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfBirth Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1813-03-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1873-05-01 ⓘ
discoveredForEuropeans Victoria Falls ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: southern Africa
familyName Livingstone ⓘ
fieldOfWork geography ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
missionary work ⓘ
givenName David ⓘ
hasMemorial Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
hasMonument David Livingstone statue at Victoria Falls ⓘ
hasNotableQuote Christianity, Commerce and Civilization ⓘ
influenced British abolitionist movement ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries ⓘ
surface form: Zambezi expedition
placeOfBirth Blantyre ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chitambo ⓘ
present-day Zambia ⓘ
religion Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterianism

Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
sexOrGender male ⓘ
subjectOf David Livingstone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: the phrase "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

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Victoria Falls → discoveredByEuropeansBy → David Livingstone ⓘ
Victoria Falls → namedBy → David Livingstone ⓘ
John Murray → hasNotableAuthor → David Livingstone ⓘ
The Smoke that Thunders → firstEuropeanRecordedBy → David Livingstone ⓘ
David Livingstone → name → David Livingstone self-link ⓘ
David Livingstone → subjectOf → David Livingstone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: the phrase "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
Livingstone → namedAfter → David Livingstone ⓘ
Livingstone Island → namedAfter → David Livingstone ⓘ
Livingstone Falls → namedAfter → David Livingstone ⓘ
London Missionary Society → sentMissionary → David Livingstone ⓘ
Livingstone College → namedAfter → David Livingstone ⓘ
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa → author → David Livingstone ⓘ
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa → hasMainCharacter → David Livingstone ⓘ
Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries → author → David Livingstone ⓘ
Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries → documentedBy → David Livingstone ⓘ
Christianity, Commerce and Civilization → associatedWith → David Livingstone ⓘ
Christianity, Commerce and Civilization → usedBy → David Livingstone ⓘ
David Livingstone statue at Victoria Falls → dedicatedTo → David Livingstone ⓘ
David Livingstone statue at Victoria Falls → honours → David Livingstone ⓘ
David Livingstone statue at Victoria Falls → subject → David Livingstone ⓘ
David Livingstone statue at Victoria Falls → namedAfter → David Livingstone ⓘ
Chitambo → associatedWithPerson → David Livingstone ⓘ
Chitambo → category → David Livingstone ⓘ
Henry Morton Stanley → met → David Livingstone ⓘ
Kololo → encountered → David Livingstone ⓘ
Livingstone Museum → namedAfter → David Livingstone ⓘ
Founders’ Medal → hasNotableRecipient → David Livingstone ⓘ
Livingstone → hasNotableBearer → David Livingstone ⓘ
Shire of Livingstone → namedAfter → David Livingstone ⓘ