who was dr. david livingstone
David Livingstone (19 March 1813 â 1 May 1873) was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa. The David Livingstone Centre in Blantyre, Scotland, is a museum in his honour. 2  David Livingstone Memorial Primary School in his birthplace, Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland.