Explorer, missionary, writer and medic. Born at Blantyre, just south of Glasgow. Qualified as a doctor in order to go as a medical missionary to China. Got the source of the Nile wrong and failed to make a single lasting convert to Christianity. Died in the village of Chief Chitambo, at Ilala (now in Zambia). His body was brought back and buried at Westminster Abbey. But not all of it; his heart and viscera were buried where he died and are now marked by a stone obelisk.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
David Livingstone
Commemorated ati
Livingstone statue
In Kensington Gore façade, on right of picture. The unveiling ceremony is de...
Other Subjects
Samuel Crispe
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson
Born Cheltenham. One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Cheltenham honours Wilson with a statue on the Promenade and an exhibition in the town museum.
Alexander Wilson
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
George Kinnaird
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Captain Matthew Flinders
Explorer and navigator of the Australian seas. Born in Donington, Lincolnshire. Invented the Flinders Bar, a device for counteracting the vertical component of a ship's magnetic field, and gave Aus...