resting_place death_date death_place birth_place nationality resting_place_coordinates birth_date known_for spouse image article_title name death_cause
westminster abbey , london , england , uk 1 may 1873 chief chitambo 's village -lrb- in modern-day zambia -rrb- blantyre , south lanarkshire , scotland , uk british 51.499444 -0.1275 19 march 1813 exploration of africa mary april 1862 ; her death -rrb- ; 6 children -lrb- née moffat ; m. 1845 -- 27 david livingstone -1 . jpg david livingstone
 david livingstone malaria and internal bleeding due to dysentery
david livingstone

at the same time , his missionary travels , `` disappearance '' and death in africa , and subsequent glorification as posthumous national hero in 1874 led to the founding of several major central african christian missionary initiatives carried forward in the era of the european `` scramble for africa '' .
