David Livingstone

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. When was David Livingstone born?March 19, 1813
2. When did David Livingstone die?May 1, 1873 (age 60)
3. Where was David Livingstone born?Blantyre, Scotland
4. What is the career?Doctor, Congregationalist missionary, explorer, and abolitionist
5. What did David Livingstone do before he became an explorer?He was a Scottish doctor and missionary. He studied medicine after working in a cotton mill as a child and joined the London Missionary Society in 1840.
6. How did David Livingstone discover Victoria Falls?He found the waterfall in 1855 while exploring Africa and named it after Queen Victoria. It is wider than Niagara and twice as tall.

Congregationalist: A Protestant Christian denomination where each local church is autonomous and self-governing.
Victorian Era: The period of British history spanning Queen Victoria's reign (1837–1901), characterized by industrial expansion, social reform, and imperial growth.
Abolitionist: An advocate for the complete prohibition of slavery and the slave trade.
Imperial Reformer: An individual who sought to improve or change the systems of governance and administration within imperial territories.