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David Livingston

David Livingston. By Arran and Daniel. When he was born. David Livingston was born in Glasgow the 19 th of March 1813. Work. At the age of 10 he stared work in a cotton mill, with school lessons in the evening.

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David Livingston

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  1. David Livingston By Arran and Daniel

  2. When he was born • David Livingston was born in Glasgow the 19th of March 1813

  3. Work • At the age of 10 he stared work in a cotton mill, with school lessons in the evening. • In 1836 he started studying medicine and theology in Glasgow and decided to be a missionary doctor. • In 1841 he was posted on the edge of the Kalahari Desert in south Africa. • In 1845 he married Marry Moffat, daughter of a fellow missionary.

  4. Why he was successful • he had an education • Scotland had the best medical schools • He had a spirit of adventure which took him to south africa.

  5. When he died • His heath had been poor for years he died on the 1st of May 1873 • After nothing was heard from him after many months Henry Stanley an explorer and a journalist set out to find him. • His body was taken back to England and he was buried in Westminester Abbey

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