David Livingstone

The source records Blantyre as this person's birthplace. The pin marks the area, not an exact birth address or later home.

What is recorded here

Why this person is known: Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)

From Wikidata Q48373

Birthplace

Blantyre

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Photo credits

• Leslie Barrie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Nigel Thompson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Thomas Nugent, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Jim Smillie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• frank smith, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• David Forrest, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Blantyre, Glasgow Road, Primitive Methodist ChapelChurch (20th Century) - (20th Century), Hall (20th Century) · 105 ydBlantyre, Glasgow Road, GeneralGeneral View · 251 ydBlantyre, Glasgow Road, Livingstone Memorial ChurchChurch (19th Century) · 337 ydDavid Livingstone StatueMemorial · 344 ydRiver Clyde, Low BlantyreBridge (20th Century) · 833 ydLivingstone Memorial ParkPark · 1062 ydDavid Livingstone and LionMemorial · 1082 ydLow Blantyre, River Clyde, Hydro-electric Power StationHydroelectric Power Station (modern) · 1121 ydBlantyre Mills, WeirWeir (18th Century) · 1137 ydBlantyre, David Livingstone Memorial MuseumCommemorative Monument, Museum (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 1184 ydDavid Livingstone MuseumMuseum · 1204 yd

Explorer Tom David Livingstone's birthplace is a single-room mill home in Blantyre, a much tighter starting point than the vast…

Blantyre, River Clyde, David Livingstone Memorial FootbridgeCommemorative Monument (20th Century), Footbridge (20th Century) · 1232 yd

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